A economia institucional do Programa Nacional de Alimentação Escolar e a agricultura familiar no oeste catarinense

Abstract

Institutional markets were created for family farmers to have another way of disposing of their production and expanding or complementing incomes, diversifying production, and actively participating in the transactions of this new economy. The objective of this work is to investigate how the PNAE in the light of the New Institutional Economy strengthens the development of family agriculture in the West of Santa Catarina. This work is an initiative to systematize the data obtained from interviews conducted with the farmers who provided the PNAE in the years 2014 and 2015, from 47 questionnaires, with open, semi-closed and closed questions, through the research and extension project, called " Strengthening rural youth in the west of Santa Catarina ". Relevant themes were discussed, such as the structure of family farms, the institutional markets that family farmers participate in and the income obtained from them. This allows us to understand the main contributions of this public policy, related to the consolidation of agricultural income in family agriculture and the improvements in the cooperative actions of the region and the search for ATER, from the perspective of the New Economy. In the results, it was possible to perceive that the farmer's participation in the PNAE becomes a source to complement his income, it allows the diversification and consequent increase in the production, becoming an alternative for the disposal of its products, since these policies value The work of family farmers and is linked to the food and nutritional security of the country. These programs serve as an incentive for the collective organization of farmers, in the form of cooperatives and associations, with complementary activities aimed at supporting and encouraging production, to increase quality and sustainability. In this perspective, the cooperative has great importance in the organization and insertion of the familiar farmers in the regional markets and in the transactions of the foods. The PNAE is an alternative marketing, diversification of production and income for the farmer, contributing to the strengthening of production chains and local economy.