The role of the nutritionist in the food purchases from family farming for the National School Feeding Program in municipalities of Rio Grande do Sul

• Autor(a) principal: Gallicchio, Caroline Leitzke Renner
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Oliveira, Luciana Dias de, Bratkowski, Gabriela Rodrigues, Machado, José Tobias Marks, Nascimento, Amália Leonel, Silva, Vanuska Lima da
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/san/article/view/8661996
• topic: Nutritionists; Family Farming; School feeding; Nutrition Programs and Policies; Food and Nutrition Security; Nutricionistas; Agricultura familiar; Alimentação escolar; Programas e políticas de nutrição e alimentação; Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional; Nutricionistas; Agricultura familiar; Comidas del colegio; Programas y políticas de nutrición y alimentación; Seguridad alimentaria y nutricional

In 2009, the Law nº 11.947 established that entities responsible for the execution of the National School Feeding Program (PNAE) should use at least 30% of the resources transferred by the National Fund for Educational Development to purchase food from Family Farming (AF). One of the attributions of PNAE nutritionists is to participate in the food purchase process. This article aims to investigate how nutritionists work to facilitate acquisitions from AF in cities from Rio Grande do Sul (RS) with difficulties in complying with the legislation. This is a descriptive study with quantitative approach. Secondary data was collected from a questionnaire answered by nutritionists from 28 municipalities in RS in 2018. The results showed that 82,1% of municipalities have an inadequate technical board of nutritionists; 78,6% of nutritionists have access to the local agricultural map when planning the menus; 85,7% of nutritionists monitor the purchase process from AF; 71,4% of municipalities promote articulation meetings with family farmers. More detailed studies are needed in order to evaluate engagement and quality of activities carried out by nutritionists in the AF purchasing process for the PNAE.