NATIONAL SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMME - NSFP: ANALYSIS OF ITS IMPLEMENTATION IN THE CITY OF MATO GROSSO-PB

Resumo

Social policies are realized through programs. The political power in Brazil is a case of compensatory policy that aims to provide resources for such needs can be met. It encompasses various social programs. Among these programs, the National School Feeding Programme (NSFP), object of this study, noteworthy for its historical character and its scope, it is part of government actions aimed at altering the dynamics of inequality promoted by market mechanisms, compensating students the public elementary school by offering food to supply at least 20% of the daily supply of them. It covers the whole Brazilian territory, thus having a universal character. Subject to the historical process of the program, is lurking in details its implementation in the municipality of Mato Grosso, PB, created in 1997, has a total population of 2,695 inhabitants, 879 in urban areas having a high incidence of poverty. Its Human Development Index (HDI) is 0553, according to the Atlas of Human Development. It appears despite the Mato Grosso-PB does not meet one of the conditionalities of the program, how to allocate 30% of resources by FNDE for buying food from family farmers. That city has important characteristics that emphasize a positive implementation of the Program in the city.