Family-based Farming and School Meals in Paraná State: a scope on public tender

Abstract

The PNAE has been continuously advancing since its creation in 1955. Among the most recent ones there are the advances brought to the enactment of Law No. 11.947/2009, in which was ensured the investment of at least 30% of federal funds for the family-based farming procurement. The purpose of such endeavor was to examine the public meals tender as well as the accountability of municipal districts in regard to the family agriculture and proper legal compliance. The given municipalities were chosen in order to display at least 10% of the students from municipal schools in the state and accounted by population. Most of the reviewed public tender had evidenced a final value which exceeded 30% of the acknowledged by proper legislation for the family-based procurement, although not all from the given range were performed upon these acquisitions rendering federal resource. The most required meals in quantity wise were vegetables, followed by fruits. However, in connection to the values, milk and its dairy and the group of meats, eggs and fish, respectively, were the products with higher added value. Family-based farming is gaining more and more importance and space in the institutional market and thus local production becomes even more sponsored. Thus, it is still possible to see several flaws in the process, such as the adequacy of public tenders in respect to family farmers, then encouraging organic production, in which despite being well renowned relevance, is not being carried out by the municipalities yet.