Potencialidades e desafios na implementação do PNAE, no IFG – Câmpus Cidade de Goiás

Abstract

This report presents the experience of the IFG – Cidade de Goiás Campus in implementing the PNAE (National Program for the Agroecological Development of Children) in 2020/2021 and 2024/2025, highlighting strategies, challenges, and lessons learned during the pandemic and post-pandemic periods. The initiative enabled the provision of healthy, local food to students, contributing to food security on a geographically isolated campus. Coordination with family farmers—many of whom were experiencing public policies for the first time—was crucial, despite the structural and health challenges they faced. The project also fostered dialogue with health surveillance agencies and student participation through outreach programs and the course "Agroecological Experiences III." The experience highlighted the importance of interinstitutional collaboration and training for upgrading the PNAE within the federal education system, in addition to proposing viable solutions such as snack kits and distribution centers in cases where restaurants are not open.