The Food Acquisition Program (PAA) as a strategy to face the challenges of COVID-19

Sambuichi, Regina Helena Rosa; Almeida, Ana Flávia Cordeiro Souza de; Perin, Gabriela; Spínola, Paulo Asafe Campos; Pella, Antônio Fernando Costa

doi:10.1590/0034-761220200258x

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“…This programme's main goal is to promote access to food and encourage family agriculture. Due to COVID-19, this programme received a budget supplementation of 500 million reais, which is considered insufficient (14) , especially considering the scenario caused by the pandemic, and delayed since the publication of the provisional measures only happened almost 2 months after COVID-19 hit Brazil (11) . This emergency act took place after recent stripping of resources allocated to PAA, which were reduced from US$117•200•000 in 2012 to US$12•600•000 in 2019 (14) .…”

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How is Brazil facing the crisis of Food and Nutrition Security during the COVID-19 pandemic?

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2020

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: the goal of this commentary is to expose the situation of Food and Nutrition Security (FNS) in Brazil in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic by providing a critical analysis of this scenario and suggesting ways to move forward. Results: When COVID-19 arrived in Brazil, a crisis scenario that incorporated economic, social, and political aspects became highly visible. This scenario fostered unemployment, poverty, and hunger. Besides that, it exposed multiple vulnerabilities that were getting worse over the past few years prior to the pandemic. In this context, COVID-19 found in Brazil a fertile ground for its dissemination and community transmission. The impacts of the suspension of many commercial activities and other economic sectors due to the pandemic was quickly felt socially and economically in Brazil. Some of the actions carried out by the Brazilian government included the emergency aid payment and exemption from payment of energy bills for vulnerable individuals, release of funds for programs for the direct purchase of food from family farmers, delivery of school food kits directly to students despite the closure of schools and publication of sanitary rules for the operation of restaurants. However, these actions are still insufficient, slow and not sufficiently coordinated to contain the progress of the food and nutritional insecurity crisis in Brazil. Conclusions: The COVID-19 pandemic highlights the urgency for the Brazilian government to again prioritize the FNS agenda. This includes implementing mechanisms to ensure the Human Right to Adequate Food and expanding existing FNS programs.

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confidence: 99%

How is Brazil facing the crisis of Food and Nutrition Security during the COVID-19 pandemic?

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Sperandio

2020

Public Health Nutr.

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“…PAA's already consolidated structure might be used to mitigate the economic and social impacts of COVID-19 in Brazil. However, it should be noted that the amount applied in this program reduced from R$ 1006.8 million in 2011 to R$ 232.7 million in 2018, undermined its benefits (Sambuichi et al, 2020).…”

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“…Besides, during the pandemic, vegetables and fruits were under great pressure by large retailing companies to reduce prices (Harris et al, 2020). In Brazil, one of the reasons for it was that street markets were temporary interrupted (Sambuichi et al, 2020). In view of that, the improvement of products could be an alternative to increase the useful life of them and guarantee greater bargaining power to the small producer.…”

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COVID-19 and the fragility of Brazilian small farming resilience

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Santos

Marujo

2021

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This study was financed in part by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior -Brasil (CAPES) -Finance Code 001. We would like to thank CAPES for the financial support and to the producers Alessandra Bellas Romariz de Macedo and Cláudio Massato Matsuoka for the kindness and patience in solving all doubts about the Brazilian small farming. We also thank the Association of Citriculturists and Rural Producers of Tanguá (ACIPTA).

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“…Regarding the PAA, Sambuichi and collaborators stated that the program is strategic to face the impacts of the pandemic, since by absorbing the production of family farming, the program contributes to the food and nutrition sovereignty and security both of farming families and consumers of their products [43]. However, we still do not have a broader and more concrete analysis of the PAA's actual contribution to face the impacts of the pandemic, due to the fact that institutional markets, such as the PNAE, also have difficulties in getting established [42].…”

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Strategies for the promotion of healthy, adequate and sustainable food in Brazil in times of Covid-19

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The current scenario generated by the Covid-19 pandemic enhances the condition of food and nutrition insecurity due to the worsening of poverty, hunger and lack of access to food, as well as the excess consumption of foods considered unhealthy. The effects of the pandemic enhances the need for a new way of arranging the production, distribution and consumption of food, giving new meaning to the relationship between food, eating and the environment. Thus, it is suggested that a reflection be made on the strategies for the appropriate healthy, adequate and sustainable diet in Brazil to face this health emergency. Actions must be focused on the articulation of strategies that foster sovereignty, food and nutrition security and healthier and more sustainable food systems such as the strengthening of family farming; income assurance for the population; access to quality food; changes in the food environment; dissemination of information on healthy and sustainable food in official recommendations for the pandemic and food guides covering the entire food system, as well as food and nutrition education practices.

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The Food Acquisition Program (PAA) as a strategy to face the challenges of COVID-19

Cited by 10 publications

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How is Brazil facing the crisis of Food and Nutrition Security during the COVID-19 pandemic?

How is Brazil facing the crisis of Food and Nutrition Security during the COVID-19 pandemic?

COVID-19 and the fragility of Brazilian small farming resilience

Strategies for the promotion of healthy, adequate and sustainable food in Brazil in times of Covid-19

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