Compra de produtos da agricultura familiar pelos restaurantes universitários das Universidades Federais no sul do Brasil.

This article sought to verify the implementation of food procurement from family farming (AF) in Federal Universities (IFES) in the south of the country, identifying which processes of purchasing/contracting services used and the forms of management of the University Restaurants (RU), the routes used to purchase AF products in each institution / state, the difficulties reported by the social actors involved and the mechanisms of access to these markets built by farmers' organizations and Executing Entities. For this purpose, quantitative and qualitative research was used in 19 IFES based on data collected through questionnaires and interviews with managers, technicians and farmers. Of the 51 Units analyzed, 47% have already purchased from AF at some point, with Rio Grande do Sul the state with the most cases and UFRGS the IFES with the highest percentage of acquisitions. The massive outsourcing, the lack of commitment of the actors involved, the ignorance of the legislation and the change in the political scenario were identified problems. As access mechanisms, some IFES with outsourced management sought through clauses in public notices to encourage or compel private companies to make these purchases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]