Fortalecimento da agricultura familiar no município de São José de Ribamar - MA: análise do Programa de Aquisição de Alimentos (PAA)

Abstract

The present work consists of a case study that had the objective of evaluating the results of the Food Acquisition Program (PAA) in the Municipality of São José de Ribamar - MA, in the period from 2011 to 2015. For the accomplishment of the study, (SAGI) of the Ministry of Social Development of the federal government between the years 2011 to 2015 and, also an interview with the veterinary doctor of the Municipality. The following variables were considered: number / number of farmers supplying the PAA, farmers' gender; activity in production, production in kilograms (kg) of food, number of beneficiaries and resources invested in Reais (R$). In the last year of the survey, 196 registered farmers were identified, of which 100 were male and 96 were female. Of the 196 farmers, 139 practiced simple family farming with food production centralized in the rural area of the Municipality. It was also identified the production of 202.896.20 kg of food, with the beneficiation of 64 entities and the investment of R$ 1.099.97.98. It can be concluded that the PAA is a public policy with the feasibility of restructuring and strengthening family agriculture in the municipality of São José de Ribamar, with the capacity to absorb a great variety of food produced, a form of social development with the absorption of women farmers and consequently with an increase in their remuneration, as well as a form of improvement and food security with the production flow directed to the community itself, with the beneficiation of schools and day care centers.