Abstract
Since 2009, legislation of the National School Feeding Program of Brazil (PNAE) institutionalizes its linkage with family farming as it establishes the requirement that at least 30% out of the total financial resources allocated by the federal government to the states and municipalities for school feeding must be used in the purchase of products directly from this sector. This study analyzes the process of drafting this legislation, focusing on the elements related to the procurement from family farming, through a historical contextualization, and it also presents a graphical representation with the main elements of this linkage: its objectives, target population, actions implemented and expected results. Actors involved with the drafting of the legislation were interviewed. The analyses show that the procurement from family farming is a far-reaching initiative in terms of the concept, execution and results. It has also showed that a strong articulation between the actors and institutions of the different sectors involved is critical to its success. The education, agriculture, planning, procurement and civil society sectors should work articulately at national, state and local level. The results of this study demonstrate that initiatives like this, of institutional procurement from family farming, which are currently being implemented in several countries, constitute as an important strategy of food and nutrition security, for the fulfillment of the human right to adequate food and the promotion of long-term sustainable development.
Highlights
In order to facilitate the understanding about the linkage of PNAE with family farming, it is important to contextualize the historical period that contributed to the development of this initiative
The historical reconstitution performed through the analysis of the construction of the legal framework of the linkage between family farming and PNAE, as well as the identification of its main components, the processes involved for its implementation and the expected changes, show that this is a widereaching and intersectoral initiative, both from the conceptual point of view and the execution and expected results
Hawkes et al 18 analyzing the political processes that facilitated the link between PNAE family farming, highlighted the importance of intersectoral mechanisms for the initiative’s approval and for the inclusion of nutrition-related targets as a fundamental part of Law 11,947
Summary
School feeding programs were implemented in less developed countries, some since the1940s, initially as a welfare and ad hoc initiative, as one of the strategies for social protection targeted to more vulnerable population groups, and whose objectives were to reduce poverty levels, relieve short-term hunger, attract and maintain children in school, and reduce malnutrition [1,2] Such programs consisted merely of providing food, without any other combined actions, which came from international donations or were purchased through a centralized system, from large suppliers; the meals were standardized, not diversified, with limited amounts of fresh foods and inconsistent with local culture and local eating habits [3,4,5]. This study is expected to provide subsidies that can support other countries in implementing family farming purchases for their school feeding programs
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