Acquisition of family farm foods for school meals: Analysis of public procurements within rural family farming published by the cities of São Paulo state

Abstract

Objective: To assess the food profile in the public procurement within rural family farming for the acquisition of family farm foods for the National School Feeding Program in the cities of São Paulo state, Brazil. Methods: A total of 122 public procurement within rural family farming published electronically by 99 cities from January to September of 2013 were analyzed. The foods were classified in the following groups: grains; roots and tubers; legumes; meat; fish; vegetables; fruits; processed foods; ingredients; and milk. The cities were grouped into quartiles according to the number of elementary school students. The foods listed in the public procurement within rural family farming were then assessed according to city size. The Kruskal-Wallis test verified the difference between the number of foods in each group and in each quartile (p<0.05). Results: Of all the foods, the most common groups in the public procurement within rural family farming were the vegetable and fruit groups, representing 50 and 31%, respectively. The number of foods in the groups of grains, legumes, and milk in the public procurement within rural family farming increased with the number of students. On the other hand, cities with fewer students acquired more foods from the fruit group, resulting in differences between the quartiles (p<0.05). The group of processed foods was requested by 41% of the cities. Conclusion: Fresh foods were the most common types of foods in the public procurement within rural family farming, demonstrating that the acquisition of family farm products can contribute to school meal quality.

Family farming and school meals in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

“…The food items purchased by the municipalities were mostly vegetables, vegetables and fruits. Similar results are reported in previous studies published elsewhere by a number of researchers including TOYOYOSHI et al (2013), GONÇALVES et al (2015), and AMORIM et al (2016. In this context, the Dietary Guidelines for the Brazilian Population focuses on the concept that the basis and foundation of nutrition should include food items from these groups.…”

Compra de alimentos da agricultura familiar pelo Programa Nacional de Alimentação Escolar (PNAE): estudo transversal com o universo de municípios brasileiros

“…Ainda assim, o potencial de qualificação dos hábitos, por meio do consumo de alimentos mais saudáveis, da diversificação do cardápio escolar 22 e do acesso a alimentos orgânicos provenientes da compra direta da agricultura familiar são tratados na literatura em diversos locais, independentemente do número de estabelecimentos da agricultura familiar, como nas experiências municipais de Dois Irmãos (RS) 23 , Araripe (CE) 24 , Espera Feliz (MG) 25 e em 82 municípios do estado de São Paulo 26 . Ainda, o incentivo à comercialização de alimentos e fortalecimento da agricultura familiar são tratados em outros estudos, a exemplo dos produtores de frutas do estado de São Paulo 27 , 102 municípios de territórios rurais do Rio Grande do Sul 28 , 19 cooperativas de sete mesorregiões do estado de Minas Gerais 29 , entre outros 30 .…”

Acquisition of family farm foods in municipalities of São Paulo state: The influence of the management of the School Feeding Program and municipal characteristics

“…In general, studies on the acquisition of food from family farms for PNAE have analyzed aspects such as the frequency of municipalities that purchased food from family farms, compliance with a minimum of 30% of the federal resources, public procurement, menus and acquisition challenges [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18].…”