Os programas PAA e PNAE e seus efeitos sobre um grupo de mulheres do assentamento Lagoa do Serrote II

Abstract

This work investigates how the Food Acquisition Program (PAA) and the National School Feeding Program (PNAE) contribute to the strategies of rural development of family farming. For this, the experience of commercialization of the production of a group of women of the Settlement Lagoa do Serrote II (Denir), located in the municipality of Ocara, state of Ceará, was taken as reference. In this case study, interviews were conducted with the women representatives of the farming families. The data analyzed demonstrate the potential of the experience, the types of difficulties and the advantages identified by the access to the programs. The research also shows the main changes in its production units and how some institutions contribute to this process.