Abastecimento municipal de alimentos e estratégias de segurança alimentar e nutricional em Liberdade-MG

Abstract

The focus of the Food and Nutrition Security as a strategic hub for developing more resilient local agrifood systems has been used in many countries in recent decades. In Brazil this approach have pointed out ways to equate the various dimensions involving the issue of food supply, from production to access, and there was a considerable advance in terms of public policies for the sector and the emergence of promising initiatives of producers and consumers . In small municipalities encouraging to short circuits market through public procurement or other forms of direct marketing that bring producers and consumers has been a great stimulus to increased local food supply and access to high-quality food for a larger share population. In this context the municipality of Freedom / MG presents a significant number of farmers seeking access to short circuits market and encouraging local food production, in order to restructure its food system that currently relies on external food supply. The objective of this work is therefore to understand the scenario of food supply in the municipality of Freedom- MG and propose strategies for the restructuring of the local food system, either through the application / formulation of public policies and other processes of social articulation. The local / municipal clipping is justified because there is specific and important for this level of system that should be better understood dynamics, without disregarding the importance of expanded regional and territorial dynamics within a systemic focus vision. Keywords: