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Implementing national food policies to promote local family agriculture: Belo Horizonte's story

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  • Melody Mendonça
  • Cecilia Rocha

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Policies in Brazil promoting family agriculture such as the Food Acquisition Programme (PAA) and the 30% minimum procurement law for the National School Meals Programme have had varying success across the country. To understand why these policies work effectively only in some areas, the implementation processes must be clarified. This exploratory, ethnographic study identifies the causal mechanisms involved in implementing PAA and the 30% law in the city of Belo Horizonte. The findings reveal that although beneficial, large supply volumes and transportation costs are challenges faced by farmers in the implementation process.

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  • Melody Mendonça & Cecilia Rocha, 2015. "Implementing national food policies to promote local family agriculture: Belo Horizonte's story," Development in Practice, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 25(2), pages 160-173, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cdipxx:v:25:y:2015:i:2:p:160-173
    DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2015.1002454
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