Agricultura familiar: Programa de Aquisição de Alimentos (PAA) e Programa Nacional de Alimentação Escolar (PNAE) em Santana do Livramento-RS

Abstract

Given that in Santana do Livramento the Family Farming is responsible for occupying 58,95% of the agricultural establishments, living in settlements and having less productive diversity, it turns out that the problem, as well as the opportunities for this segment, are situated in the public policies established as potential solutions for access to income through the Food Acquisition Program and the School Feeding National Program. This way, research on Family Farming was carried out in order to analyze the participation of family farmers and public managers in the programs. Specifically the research identifies the actors responsible for the implementation of the PAA and PNAE in the municipality, points out the main difficulties in accessing and promoting the PAA and the PNAE, recognizes the opportunities generated and verifies the impact of the participation in the programs on the reality of family farmers. Regarding the methodology, the study has an exploratory and descriptive character, making use of bibliographic research, interviews and systematic observation from a qualitative approach using the case study. During the research work, it was found that the conditions for the development of the programs in the municipality are very good, however, there is still much to be improved, on the part of the state, the managers and the producers, so that the programs addressed reach the objective of promoting sustainable development of the rural segment made up of family farmers, in order to provide them with an increase in productive capacity, the generation of jobs and an improvement in income.