CONTEXTUALIZATION

The project was selected under the Amazônia na Escola public call. The initiative chose 10 projects in the Legal Amazon with the goal of promoting the integrated strengthening of sustainable food production by family farmers — including Indigenous Peoples, Quilombolas, and other Traditional Peoples and Communities — through improvements in productive infrastructure and the strengthening of their organizations, as well as the acquisition and consumption of such foods in school meals within public education networks in the region.

THE PROJECT

To achieve its objectives, the project is divided into four components:

Component A – Cross-Cutting Actions: A.1 Diagnosis and development plans for socio-productive organizations (OSPs), municipalities, and schools; A.2 Mobilization and articulation; A.3 Dialogue and dissemination of knowledge on the National School Feeding Program (PNAE); A.4 Systematization of results and lessons learned; A.5 Communication and documentation; A.6 Best Practices Award.

Component B – Strengthening the productive base and developing sustainable business models includes: B.1 Implementation of organizational technical assistance (ATO) actions for OSPs; B.2 Implementation of rural technical assistance (ATER) actions for families linked to OSPs; B.3 Capacity building – Learning Journey; B.4 Support to OSPs with collective benefits.

Component C – Expanding and improving the demand for school meals involves: C.1 Technical and managerial consultancy to promote healthy and sustainable school meals with a focus on PNAE; C.2 Implementation of school technical assistance (ATE); C.3 Capacity building – Learning and Specialization Journey; C.4 Investments in school meal distribution centers focused on PNAE; C.5 Upgrading school kitchens.

Component D – Project management covers: D.1 Project management unit; D.2 Administrative costs and expenses related to physical and support structures; D.3 Annual audits.

Among the expected results of the project are the strengthening of healthy and sustainable food production by family farmers, traditional peoples and communities; strengthening of socio-productive organizations; expansion and improvement of the acquisition of healthy and sustainable foods by public education networks; training of students, teachers, and school staff; promotion of sustainable local development; and enhancement of family food and nutritional security.

INTERVENTION LOGIC

The project is part of Component 1 – Activities that keep the forest standing have economic attractiveness – of the Amazon Fund Logical Framework, contributing to the direct outcomes: Sustainable forest and biodiversity-based economic activities identified and developed, and Value-added chains of agroforestry and biodiversity products expanded.