Perfil de aquisição de alimentos provenientes da agricultura familiar para alimentação escolar em municípios da região sul do Rio Grande do Sul

Abstract

The National School Feeding Program (PNAE) implemented in Brazil in the mid-1950s is seen as one of the biggest food and nutrition programs in the world and considered the largest national program of Food and Nutrition Security with greater comprehensiveness and continuity of service and the only one with universal service. In 2009, the law regulating the program was sanctioned, which, in its article 14, stipulates that 30% of the purchase has to be in products of family agriculture, encouraging the promotion of a healthy and adequate diet and local food culture. In addition to contributing to school meals, the purchase from family agriculture promotes improvements in the income and living conditions of farmers. The objective of this study was to know the profile of the acquisition of food from family agriculture for school feeding in eleven municipalities in the southern region of Rio Grande do Sul. This is a cross-sectional descriptive study. Information was collected regarding the purchase for school feeding in the year of 2016, with nutritionists of school feeding through a selfadministered questionnaire, prepared for this purpose. The food purchased was classified according to the processing degree, as established in the Food Guide for the Brazilian Population. The 11 municipalities, on average, reached the minimum percentage required by law, regarding the purchase from family agriculture. The acquisition of family farming demonstrates the participation of in natura or minimally processed products, while other purchasing modalities have contributed to the increase of the consumption of ultraprocessed products.