A participação das associações da agricultura familiar no PNAE: uma reflexão sobre a aquisição da alimentação escolar no município de Cruz Das Almas/Bahia

Abstract

This work aims to analyze the participation of family farming organizations in the PNAE in the municipality of Cruz das Almas/Bahia. Furthermore, it identifies the percentages of purchases from family farming between 2011 and 2016; detects the main difficulties faced by associations in organizing production and marketing; in addition to characterizing the organizations that trade with the PNAE. Therefore, handle if a database composed of four associations that traded with the PNAE in the municipality, from Mais Mercado, a project resulting from the collaboration between UFRB and the extinct MDA. As the institutional market has been considered strategic for the strengthening of family farming and the guarantee of food and nutritional security, identifying the bottlenecks in its implementation will contribute to the improvement of this policy. In this perspective, the research revealed that the PNAE is a marketing channel very important for the investigated organizations, although difficulties of orders persist. to expand the participation of family farmers in this type of purchase public.