Government Policy for the Procurement of Food from Local Family Farming in Brazilian Public Institutions.

ABSTRACT: This study aims to explore and compare Brazilian public institutional food services' characteristics concerning the implementation of the government policy for the procurement of food from family farming (FF) and the opinions of food service managers on the benefits and difficulties of its implementation. We conducted a cross-sectional study employing an online questionnaire. The results were stratified by purchase. The Chi-square and Fisher's Exact tests were applied. Five hundred forty-one food services' managers participated in the study. Most claimed to buy food from FF, and this acquisition was more frequent among those working in institutions of municipalities <50,000 inhabitants, and educational and self-managed institutions. Those buying from FF developed more actions to promote he

SUBMITTER: Soares P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8305705 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature