Impact of the Food Acquisition Program on the food and nutrition security of the farmers

Abstract

The scope of this systematic review was to analyze the impact of the Food Acquisition Program on the diversification of production, on-farm consumption and food and nutritional security of the family-based farmer and supplier beneficiaries. Searches were conducted in the Lilacs and SciELO electronic databases and the Capes journal portal. The publications were pre-selected based on their titles, followed by reading of the abstracts and the full text of the studies. Articles that evaluated the program’s implementation, along with those that referred to food and nutrition security of consumers who benefitted from the program, as well as repeat and review articles, were excluded. Of the 193 studies reviewed, 7 were chosen. In all of those selected, there were positive impacts of the Food Acquisition Program on increasing family income, benefiting from access to the market and moving their produce. This made it possible to improve the production system and fostered crop diversification both for trade and for on-farm consumption of the families, having a positive impact on the food and nutrition security situation of the farmers.

Food and nutrition programs and policies; Food and nutrition security; Sustainable agriculture; Rural population