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The FOME ZERO (Zero Hunger) Program The Brazilian experience
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ABSTRACT The launching of the “Zero Hunger Project – a proposal
for a food security policy for Brazil” in October 2001 by the
then candidate for the presidency Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
reflected the maturing of discussions and proposals on food
security and fighting hunger, which became national priorities
to be addressed through planned and decisive actions
of the State with social participation.
With the electoral victory of President Lula in 2003, the
Zero Hunger project became the main governmental strategy
guiding economic and social policies in Brazil and marked
the beginning of an inflection that left behind an old
dichotomy between them. Actions began to be taken to integrate
structural policies into emergency policies to fight
hunger and poverty. New, differentiated policies for family
farming were implemented and basic legislation was built
for the national food and nutrition security policy.
This book is part of the NEAD Debate Series (Série NEAD
Debate) and it presents some fundamental texts for one to
understand the Brazilian experience with the Zero Hunger
Program at different moments of its implementation over
an eight-year period as a Government Program, bringing
together reflections on different aspects of the process,
such as the mobilization of different segments of society
around it, the role of family farming, advances and challenges,
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