A importância dos mercados institucionais no município de São Domingos SC: no âmbito dos jovens agricultores

Abstract

The modernization of the field brought several changes in lifestyle and in the productive activities of farmers, resulting in worrying issues for society, such as rural exodus. Therefore, farmers need strategies to enable the retention of youth in food production on their properties. Thus, family farms in the southern states, seek ways for it to be recognized as a producer of food aimed at food sovereignty of the country, as have problems with the integration of its production in the markets. This work aims to analyze the importance of institutional markets in São Domingos - SC, which are public policies of international, national and regional appreciation. With the aims of ensuring access to quality and quantity food, meeting people with food / nutrition insecurity and school meals, and encourage the local economy, especially small farmers. Thus, this paper uses the case study methodology with semi-structured interviews with young people who are placed in food production on their properties, maintaining relationship with Cooper St. Dominic, an organization that articulates the sale of products. Noteworthy are some factors to understand the importance of the Food Acquisition Program (PAA) and the National School Feeding Programme (PNAE) for family farming in the city as suppliers and consumers farmers, the legislation, the arrangements existing in the PAA , the limiting factors to access them, and the potential for the municipality. This work was possible to analyze the institutional markets play an important role in small farms of the municipality, however, are still considered secondary activities, complementing the income in rural areas, so do not enable the youth stay only with this income, and necessary to seek new marketing channels to drain the production.