COMPRAS PÚBLICAS DA AGRICULTURA FAMILIAR COMO INDUTORAS DO DESENVOLVIMENTO RURAL SUSTENTÁVEL NA FRONTEIRA BRASIL-BOLÍVIA

Abstract

In this study, we seek to discuss the implementation of the National School Feeding Program (PNAE) and the National School Feeding Program (PAA) in border municipalities, as well as demonstrate the influence of the border on prices charged by local family farming, with demonstration of most suitable source of price research for application in these government policies. The city of Corumbá is adopted as a case study. This is an applied research, using bibliographical and documental review and informal conversations with actors involved in the program execution process. The data obtained are treated quantitatively and organized in tables and graphs. The flow of goods and people between the cities of the studied border arrangement is intense. It is observed that many Bolivians sell products, mainly clothing and food, in open markets held daily on the Brazilian side of the border, which impacts the marketing of products from Brazilian farmers. However, the execution of the PAA and the PNAE in the municipality is still below its potential. The non-acquisition of products through school lunches does not occur because of the lack of production, but because of the inefficient organization of farmers and the lack of understanding of production seasonality by the producers of public notices/public calls. Bolivian frontier farmers, despite being more specialized in some types of vegetables (lettuce, cabbage, green smell) cannot participate in the process, as this is a national public policy that does not consider the territorial arrangement in which the municipality is located. However, they are in open markets and sales to local businesses. In this way, the PNAE and the PAA gain special relevance for family farming in Brazilian border municipalities, as they function as a market reserve.