PAA enables 94 farmers and eight entities in Ponta Grossa

The Prefeitura de Ponta Grossa released the preliminary result of the Food Acquisition Program (FAP), which enabled 94 family farmers and eight welfare entities to participate in the initiative. The report was published last week in the Official Gazette of the Municipality, through the Municipal Secretariat of Family and Social Development (SMFDS).

The program will have an investment of R$ 500,000, made available by the Ministry of Development and Social Assistance, Family and Combating Hunger (MDS). The resources will be used to purchase food produced by family farming, which will then be distributed to institutions responsible for the care of people in situations of food insecurity.

In Ponta Grossa, the PAA works in the Simultaneous Donation Purchase mode, which allows to purchase products directly from farmers and destined them to registered entities.

The municipal secretary of Family and Social Development, Camila Calisto Sanches, highlighted the importance of the initiative for producers and the population served.

"The demand shows how important PAA is for those who produce food in Ponta Grossa and region. Now, this production will turn into quality food on the table of those who need it most,” he said.

How will the selection of farmers be made?

The 94 qualified farmers underwent a classification process based on scoring criteria established by the program.

Among the priority groups are women farmers, families registered in the Single Register (Cadúnico), traditional peoples and communities, settled agrarian reform and producers of Ponta Grossa.

Criteria related to organic or agroecological production and the diversity of food offered were also considered.

Despite the authorization, the City Council clarifies that participation in the process does not guarantee the purchase of all the production presented by farmers.

According to Superintendent of Food and Nutritional Safety Janeffer Desselman, acquisitions will depend on financial availability, the demand of institutions and the characteristics of products.

"The purchases will be defined from the analysis of the proposals presented and the product offer, also considering the demand of the entities, the seasonality and the financial limit of the program. The City Council will follow the order of classification as a priority criterion, and the proposals and quantities selected will be summoned through a public purchase notice," he explained.

Eight entities have been enabled

The preliminary result also confirmed the habilitation of eight institutions that will be able to receive the food purchased by the municipality.

These are:

Association Reviver of Assistance;

Renewed Institute;

Christian Spiritual Organization Sister Scheila;

S.O.S Ponta Grossa;

A.C. Geniuses;

Core Pequeno Anjo;

Lar Guilherme Cavina;

Parish Nossa Senhora Median.

The distribution will be organized according to the type of care offered by the institutions. The units responsible for the preparation of meals will receive two thirds of the food, while those who deliver products in natura will be with a third.

Resource deadline ends on November 12

Participants who wish to contest the preliminary result may submit appeals until November 12.

Applications must be made in writing, with substantiated justification, and delivered in person at the Integrated Food Safety Center (CISA), located at Rua Nicolau Kluppel Neto, no. 1665, at bairro Santa Paula, at Ponta Grossa.

The service takes place on working days, from 8 am to 5 pm. The period for filing appeals began on November 6.

After analyzing the disputes, the City Council should release the final result on November 17, through the Official Gazette of the Municipality and the website of the Municipal Secretariat of Family and Social Development.

The next step will be the definition of the proposals and quantities of food that will be purchased, respecting the classification criteria and the available budget.

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