OS LIMITES, DESAFIOS E POTENCIALIDADES DA AGRICULTURA FAMILIAR NO PNAE EM MUNICIPIOS ATINGIDOS PELA MINERACAO

The article is a result of research developed in the municipalities of Alvorada de Minas, Conceicao do Mato Dentro and Dom Joaquim (MG), located in the area of direct influence of the Minas-Rio Mining Project. Considering that the situation of family agriculture has worsened in the region with the impacts of the mining project, and also that the National School Feeding Program (PNAE) with the implementation of Law 11,947 / 2009 has been one of the possibilities of encouraging and valuing the family agriculture. The objective of this study was to understand the implementation of the PNAE in the three municipalities and to identify the challenges, limits and potential of family agriculture participation in the program. This is an interdisciplinary research with a qualitative approach, carried out through semi-structured interviews and documentary research. The results indicate the PNAE as an important policy for family agriculture, but with limitations and challenges to the participation of the farmers affected by the Minas-Rio mining project.