As compras públicas sustentáveis como instrumento de promoção do desenvolvimento local: um estudo de caso na Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia (uFRA)

Abstract

Purchases and contracts carried out by federal public universities have high potential as a public policy instrument aimed at promoting economic activities that contribute to local development by adopting sustainable production processes, as is the case with family farming. From this perspective, the Programa de Aquisição de Alimentos (PAA), the Programa Alimenta Brasil (PAB), in addition to the Reserva de Mercado Institucional (RMI) were designed, implemented and implemented, with the aim of facilitating the access of family producers to the market made up of agencies and public entities. Considering that the design of this policy was consolidated in 2016, with the entry into force of Decree No. 8,473/2015, it is worth evaluating whether its implementation contributed to making purchases made by federal universities more sustainable. For this reason, the research aimed to evaluate whether the implementation of agricultural promotion instruments contributes to raising the level of

sustainability of purchases made by UFRA in the period 2016 to 2022. This is a theoretical- empirical analysis through case study in which it is proposed to evaluate the results obtained

by UFRA regarding the level of sustainability achieved by food purchases made in the period 2016 to 2022, considering the legal framework, government policies related to family farming and discussions theories on the topic. Regarding data collection procedures, the research carried out bibliographical research, documentary research, consultation of government information systems and access to public portals. The purchasing processes were evaluated according to the Matriz de Avaliação da Sustentabilidade da Compra na Agricultura Familiar (MASCAF), an evaluation methodology whose criteria are based on legislation pertinent to the public policy to encourage family farming. The results showed that five of the six purchasing processes carried out in the period 2016-2022 presented a reduced level of sustainability, which means that the implementation of the PAA/PAB and the RMI was not effective in increasing UFRA's demand for family farming products. Finally, as a product of the research, the MASCAF Guide was prepared, which describes how to apply the PAA – CI implementation assessment in a federal public university.