The performance of municipalities of Rio Grande do Sul in the implementation of the resources of the PNAE with family agriculture

Abstract:

The family farming in Brazil is responsible for generating employment and income in the countryside, as well as providing food to the population. In this sense, it is strategic for the State to devise mechanisms that may contribute to mitigating the socioeconomic vulnerabilities faced by this segment. Among public policies with this office, it is highlighted the Brazilian experience in the constitution of institutional markets, such as the National School Feeding Program (PNAE). The present work aims to analyze the performance of the municipalities of Rio Grande do Sul (BR), in the period from 2011 to 2016, in relation to the investments made in the acquisition of food products from family agriculture for school feeding. For this propose, it was made a documentary and bibliographic research and were analyzed secondary data available in the Account Management System of the National Education Fund. It was verified that the Rio Grande do Sul invested 24.9% of the resource available for PNAE in food from family agriculture, and 67% of the municipalities of Rio Grande do Sul compiled the goal established in Law 11.947/2009. The results illustrate an increasing trend in the number of municipalities that joined the program and show an increase in the volume of resources negotiated with family farms over the period analyzed.

Keywords:
family farming; institutional markets; rural development