Short agri-food chains and the school food market in the municipal network of Ijuí, RS

Abstract: This article aims to evaluate the functioning of the market generated by the National School Feeding Program (PNAE) in the municipal school network of Ijuí, RS, under the focus of the short agri-food chains. It is an explanatory research, with qualitative approach of the data. In the municipality of Ijuí, partnerships were created between the different social actors involved with the PNAE in order to organize local family farmers to participate in this market.