Agricultura familiar e seus desafios em participar do Programa de Aquisição de Alimentos (PAA) de Sanharó – PE

Abstract

Family farming is the production of food for the families' own sustenance and the exchange or sale of the surplus, with a low cost and the guarantee of healthy food on the table. This research aims to analyze the factors that limit the participation of farmers from family farming in the municipality of Sanharó-PE to be marketed in the Food Purchase Program (PAA) for registered entities in the municipality of Sanharó - PE from the identification of the difficulties encountered by farmers to participate in the PAA; analyze the participation of the municipal government in encouraging and strengthening farmers in family farming to participate in the PAA program; and verification of the contribution of PAA for family farming in the municipality of Sanharó-PE. The theoretical framework included discussions about family farming, law 11.326/06 that contains the formulation of the National Family Farming Policy, description of public policies involving agriculture and application of the food acquisition program. The methodological procedures are of a descriptive research, with the application of questionnaires, individual interviews, conversation rounds with families who participated in the PAA program in the Purchase for Simultaneous Donation modality (CONAB). The data obtained indicate that over the years the PAA has grown in the city and has spread with the prospect that the program remains and evolves in the number of participating families, among the benefits are the disintegration of pesticides in production, obtaining a healthy product, free of the risks caused by pesticides both for the producer who has direct physical contact with the substance, as for consumers who introduce the residues present in food, is the PAA a way of disseminating their products and more profits, is an extra income for other families. Based on the results and discussions presented, we consider the search for research on facilitations for PAA members, initiatives that involve more government support for family farmers, especially in the financial cost of travel, the application of innovative courses to facilitate access to knowledge that they need and training that involves access to information technology.