Collaborating Center on Food and School Nutrition (CECANE/UFT) in state of Tocantins

Abstract

The Collaborating Center on Food and School Nutrition (CECANE) are partnerships between the National Fund for the Development of Education (FNDE) and Federal Institutions for Higher Education, which intend to provide technical and operational support to the implementation of the National School Feeding Program (PNAE), in order to guarantee the supply of adequate and healthy food to the students of public and philanthropic schools. Among the activities implemented by CECANE of the Federal University of Tocantins (UFT), it is worth noting the advising and monitoring of 36 municipalities in the years 2016 to 2017, contributing to the training of human resources responsible for PNAE and data collection on execution. It is concluded that there is a need for the continuation of CECANE / UFT actions, in order to continuously serve the largest number of municipalities and social actors of the PNAE, in order to promote the effective execution of the PNAE.

Keywords

• Alimentação Escolar
• Programa Nacional de Alimentação Escolar
• Formação de Atores Sociais do PNAE
• Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional
• Agricultura Familiar