Análise da participação dos agricultores familiares do Sertão do Pajeú–PE no Programa Nacional de Alimentação Escolar (PNAE)

Abstract

In recent years, family farming has gained prominent status, especially in the Northeast region of Brazil, thanks in part to public policies such as the National School Feeding Program (PNAE), for example, which attracts food from family farming, generating rural development for the region. The theoretical framework uses the works of Buainain et al. (2003), Schneider (2010), Guanziroli et al. (2011), Plein (2018), and the study published by FAO / INCRA (2000). About PNAE were used works of Almeida et al (2018), Souza (2017), Reiset al. (2018), Nunes et al. (2018) and Ribeiro et al. (2013). The general objective is to analyze the participation of family farmers in the Sertão do Pajeú -PE region, demarcated by the Território da Cidadania, in the PNAE, from 2009 to 2017. The methodology consisted of a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the financial aid of Fundo Nacional de Desenvolvimento da Educação to the PNAE, through the provision of accounts and their reports, in addition, data from the Municipal Agricultural Survey (PAM in Portuguese) and the Municipal Livestock Research (PPM in Portuguese) were also used. As results and discussions obtained in the research, it was observed that the 20 municipalities in the Sertão do Pajeú region have a regular agricultural activity throughout the period and their participation in the acquisition of food from family agriculture for school feeding. In general, the municipalities comply with Law 11.947 / 2009 which determines the use of 30% of the financial pass-through of PNAE to purchase food from the family farmer, however, only 6 municipalities are able to comply in most of the analyzed years with what is determined by the Law. The justifications contained in the reports for non-compliance or partial compliance with the legislation argue that it is not possible to provide regular and constant supplies of foodstuffs, emergency situation (drought), the impossibility of issuing a corresponding tax document, among others.