multifaceted nature of PFP and multiple potential benefits and beneficiaries; the many PFP instruments, enablers and barriers as well as the experiences and scaling-up strategies from various cities, regions and countries, still require further analysis. Analysis that calls for a multidisciplinary approach, with contributions not only from different areas of knowledge but also from different actors with different roles and perspectives on the topic. 10 We declare no competing interests.
Institutional food procurement programmes (IFPP) have been receiving increasing attention from the literature, policy makers and development agencies as an important policy instrument with the potential to deliver multiple benefits for multiple beneficiaries, including food consumers and food producers. A key characteristic of IFPP is that it has the possibility - based on its policy and regulatory frameworks - to determine not only the way food is procured, but, in particular: (i) what food will be purchased (such as local, diverse, nutritious, healthy, culturally adequate, environmentally friendly); and (ii) from whom (e.g. local and smallholder producers). It can also determine how food is received, stored, prepared and its waste managed. Considering the extent of public sector demand and how these choices are made, this chapter argues that IFPP holds considerable potential to influence both food consumption and food production patterns and to deliver multiple social, economic, environmental, nutritional and health benefits to the food system that will contribute to more sustainable diets. It provides an overview of the literature on the potential benefits of IFPP linked to the promotion of sustainable diets taking into consideration the three key pillars of sustainability as well as examples of good practices from the Brazilian food procurement programme (Programa de Aquisição de Alimentos), Cape Verde national school feeding programme and the municipality of Rome (Italy).
Os pequenos agricultores (ou agricultores familiares) são os principais responsáveis pela produção de alimentos em grande parte dos países em desenvolvimento. No entanto, a capacidade de acesso ao mercado é geralmente limitada, representando um dos principais obstáculos para a melhoria de seus modos de vida. Neste contexto, intervenções estatais que visam aumentar a demanda por produtos da agricultura familiar por meio de compras públicas de alimentos representam um importante instrumento para promover o acesso destes produtores ao mercado. Ao mesmo tempo, tais intervenções podem contribuir para o desenvolvimento e transformação dos sistemas locais de fornecimento de alimentos. As organizações de pequenos produtores, na qualidade de instrumento de ações coletivas, podem desempenhar um papel importante nesse processo. Esse estudo se baseia na experiência brasileira do Programa Nacional de Alimentação Escolar (PNAE) e do Programa de Aquisição de Alimentos (PAA), assim como na iniciativa Compras para Progresso (P4P) do Programa Mundial de Alimentos das Nações Unidas. Ele tem como objetivo explorar o papel dos programas institucionais de compras públicas de alimentos e das organizações de produtores na promoção de oportunidades de comercialização para pequenos produtores e como catalisadores para a transformação de sistemas locais de fornecimento de alimentos da agricultura familiar.
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