Políticas públicas de segurança alimentar: um estudo comparativo das estratégias municipais de combate à fome em Curitiba (PR) e São Luís (MA)

Abstract

This dissertation presents a comparative study on Public Policies for food and nutritional security in two capitals of different regions of the country: Curitiba-PR and São Luís-MA. The main objective of this research is to identify the main Public Policies used in the fight against hunger, their results, challenges and good practices, contributing to the understanding of regional differences in combating the problem and to the improvement of initiatives aimed at guaranteeing the human right to adequate food. For this purpose, the economic and social disparities of the South and Northeast regions and of both capitals of Paraná and Maranhão are described, in what way this socioeconomic development influences or does not influence the distribution of income and purchasing power of their inhabitants, guaranteeing access to food. It also presents the advances in food security policy in the country, as a social right, to finally present the current scenario of Public Policies for food security in the capitals Curitiba-PR and São Luís-MA. The study is justified since it examines the importance of Public Policies in reducing food insecurity, seeking to demonstrate two capitals with completely different realities and how Public Policies are developed in these different contexts, as it is important to emphasize that AI is not uniformly distributed throughout Brazil. The research will have a qualitative approach, as for its objectives it will be descriptive and in its research sources it will be bibliographical and documentary. For better understanding, we have divided it into four subtopics: the first will be “Regional Socioeconomic Disparity”, which will outline an economic and social history between the Northeast and South regions of Brazil in light of the work “The Geography of Hunger” by Josué de Castro; the second “The Development of Public Policies”, which presents the advances in the Food and Nutrition Security Policy as a social right in the country; “The Methodological Path”, with the procedures used to develop the Research; and finally “The Results and Discussion”, which will analyze the results of the MultiYear Plan Evaluation Report and the effectiveness of the programs, projects and actions that are part of the Municipal Food and Nutrition Security Plans of the capitals surveyed.