Food security policies and family farm in Brazil: actors, ideas and institutions

Abstract

This article analyzes the formulation of two food security policies –the Food Acquisition Program (aap) and the National School Food Program (neap)– emphasizing the role of ideas, interests and institutions. The establishment of aap dates back to the 2003, a period characterized by the implementation of the policy Fome Zero (Zero Hunger), a public action which was the flagship of Luiz Inácio «Lula» da Silva first mandate policies to fight poverty. This program aims to promote food security based on family farm supply. These ideas, the actors and the institutions that have shaped this policies were also the basis for the reformulation of the neap. In this sense, this article provides not only an analysis of two policies that are the object of transfer to other countries (Latin America and Africa), but also a «portrait» –limited, but informative– of a political juncture of Brazilian history.

Keywords

• seguridad alimentaria
• agricultura familiar
• políticas públicas