Efetividade social do programa bolsa família na segurança alimentar das famílias rurais no município de Rio Verde (GO)

Abstract

This research had the objective to evaluate management efficacy, to identify institutional and organizational obstacles and the effectiveness of Bolsa Família Program for the alimentary safety of rural families assisted in the municipality of Rio Verde (GO). In order to achieve the proposed goals, the study is supported by literature review and quantitative and qualitative analysis of the data collected in the field research. The study is structured in five chapters, including the introduction. In the second chapter, the theoretical and methodological aspects are presented, followed by a discussion of public policies, transfer payment policies, evaluation of public policies, alimentary safety and rurality. In the third chapter, we present the general aspects of Bolsa Família Program and secondary data obtained from the official agencies of the program in the researched empirical universe. In the fourth chapter, we present the analysis and discussion of the data about alimentary safety and Bolsa Família Program in the researched universe and in the fifth, our conclusion. 94 rural families, all beneficiary of the program, were interviewed through the application of a semi-structured questionnaire. Besides, interviews were carried out with the local managers of social assistance, education and health with the aim of evaluating management. The data collection and analysis allowed us to present the socioeconomic and sociodemographic profile of the subjects and their perception of the program and of the agencies in charge. There is prevalence of mild alimentary insecurity in 54,25% of the researched families, measured by the Brazilian Scale of Alimentary Insecurity (EBIA). The results allowed the evaluation of the efficacy and the identification of the obstacles in the municipal management in the acting axis of Bolsa Família Program, as well as proposing specific conditionalities of the program for the rural environment.