Strategy for promoting Food and Nutrition Security and Local Food Purchases. Presentation on PAA made by MDS during workshop on PAA Africa Programme, organised by the government of Brazil (CGFome and Ministry of Social Development), WFP Centre of Excellence and FAO Brazil, held from 2 to 6 July 2012 in Brasilia and Arapiraca, Brazil.

1. FOOD PURCHASE
PROGRAMME – PAA

2. The Food Purchase Program
(PAA) was established by
Article 19 of Act 10.696/2003
and further ruled by Decree
6.447/2009.
In October 14th 2011, the
Law n. 12.512 was
established, providing,
according to Chapter III, new
guidelines for the Program.

3. Purpouse
- Offer support to the public equipment network for food and nutritional security (Food Banks,
Community Kitchen and Popular Restaurant) and the network of socio-assistance institutions;
- Encourage family farming;
- Encourage consumption and utilization of food produced by family agriculture;
- Promote access to food, according to the necessary quantity, quality and regularity, to people
facing food and nutritional insecurity, from the perspective of the human right to adequate
and healthy food;
– Strengthen local and regional healthy eating habits;
– Designing local circuits for food supply;
– Supply food stocks for food assistance to specific populations and populations affected by
disasters;
– Strengthen family farms and their economic organizations: local development, fairer prices,
guaranteed income, price regulation.

4. Food Purchase Programme Management - PAA
Budget Ministry of Social Development and Fight against Hunger – MDS
Ministry of Agrarian Development – MDA
Managing Ministry of Social Development and Fight against Hunger – MDS
Group Ministry of Agrarian Development – MDA
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply - MAPA
Ministry of Finance - MF
Ministry of Planning, Budget and Management - MPOG
Ministry of Education – MEC
Execution Federal Level: National Supply Company – CONAB
State Level: State governments
Municipal Level: Municipal City Halls
Social Control National Council of Food and Nutritional Security
State Councils
Municipal Councils

5. Estructural features of PAA execution

6. Modalidades
Modality Purpose Executor Limits
To purchase specific products (rice, cashew nuts, Brazil nuts, cassava flour,
Direct Purchase from R$8.000,00
beans, corn, sorghum, wheat, whole powdered milk, wheat flour) for
Family Agriculture CONAB /year (US$
distribution or to supply public food stocks.
3830,00)
To provide family farmers support to commercialization of their products,
maintaining prices and adding value to their production. This modality
makes resources available to organizations so they can purchase the
Stock Formation by Family R$8.000,00
production of their members, process and stock it for later
Farmers CONAB /year (US$
commercialization or distribution for populations stricken by food
3830,00)
insecurity. Virtually any food that can be stored can be included in the
modality.
To purchase food produced by family farmers, making it available for
CONAB,
Purchase with donation to the social promotion and protection network, these donations R$4.500,00
STATES AND
Simultaneous Donation play a key role in promoting food security to the targeted public. The /year (US$
MUNICIPALITI
initiative improves the menus in public facilities with fruit, vegetables, 2.150,00)
ES
meat, eggs, fish, milk and dairy products, and baked goods, among others
To increase the consumption of milk among families who face food
Incentive to Milk insecurity and incentive the production of family farmers in the jurisdiction R$4.000,00
Production and of Sudene (Superitendency for the Development of Northeastern Brazil). /semester
STATES
Consumption The purchase of its products (goat or cow milk) is pasteurized in accredited (US$
processing facilities and transported to distribution centers where it is 1.400,00)
made available to families.

7. Construction Process of PAA
•From 2003:
- The partnerships for PAA implementation began with the agreements formalization along with state
and municipalities governments, and with CONAB.
•From 2008 :
- new partnerships were formalized;
- the selection was made by Selection Announcements in states and municipalities governments;
- a new partnership instrument with CONAB was signed– Cooperation Term
- agreements were established with State Governments, with the Centrals for Food Reception and
Distribution , which were incorporated into agreements with municipal governments since 2009.
•From 2009:
-a monitoring execution spreadsheet for agreements with states and municipalities was formatted with
detailed information of the public covered (farmers and entities).
•From 2011:
-the law 12,512 came into force and established a new partnership instrument with states and
municipalities - Declaration of Compliance, a less bureaucratic instrument that allows enlarge the
program scope.

8. Challenges
•Partners' access to Internet;
•Creation of a computerized system to monitor the Program
execution;
•Social Control expansion;
•Greater control of the Centrals for Food Reception and
Distribution in relation to food purchased and donated;
•Faster payments to farmers;
•Inclusion of information regarding the actions of the
Program in the Federal Government Covenants System;
•Checking prices of the products;
•Delays in sending documents by courrier;
•Effective staff for the Program monitoring;
•Technical assistance to farmers.

9. Why the new modality?
•Without covenant;
•No financial counterpart;
•Faster partnership formalization;
•PAA expansion;
•Without discontinuity;
•Computerized system;
•Direct payment to the family farmer's card;
•Union Financial assistance to states and
municipalities based on compliance of goals;
•Increased social control.

10. Brazil without Extreme Poverty Plan
• Brazil without Extreme Poverty Plan, established by
Decree No. 7492 dated back to June 2, 2011, aims to
overcome extreme poverty situation of 16 million
people, earning income below US$ 33,00 all over the
country, through integration and coordination of
policies, programs and actions to be executed by the
Union in collaboration with States, Federal District,
Municipalities and society.
Axes of the Plan :
- Income transference;
- Access to public services;
- Productive Inclusion.

11. Brazil without Extreme Poverty Plan
•PAA is inserted in the Productive Inclusion Axis,
in public procurement.
•One of the goals for Brazil without Extreme Poverty
Plan is to increase four times the number of farmers
served by the Food Purchase Program (PAA).
•Goal 2012 158 thousand extreme poor families
•Goal 2013  191 thousand extreme poor families
•Goal 2014  255 thousand extreme poor families

12. PAA Global Execution 2003-2011

13. PAA Results
•Increase in the income of small farmers;
•Improved the diversity and quality of food for
people in situations of food and nutritional
insecurity;
•More dynamic local economies;
•Recognition and valuation of familiar production
and small farmers by society;
•Increased food varieties produced in small farm
units;
•Appreciation of local food culture;
•Development of the organic production of
foods and socio biodiversity products.

14. Thank you!
Department for the Support to Acquisition and Commercialization of Familiar
Production
National Secretariat for Food and Nutritional Security
Ministry of Social Development and Fight against Hunger