This study sought to analyze the impact of the National School Food Program (Programa Nacional de Alimentação Escolar - PNAE), more precisely the insertion of family farming in the supply of food products to schools (Law No. 11,947/2009), on the grades of elementary school students, using data...

This study sought to analyze the impact of the National School Food Program (Programa Nacional de Alimentação Escolar - PNAE), more precisely the insertion of family farming in the supply of food products to schools (Law No. 11,947/2009), on the grades of elementary school students, using data...

Background: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Brazilian public schools closed in 2020. This lockdown stopped the provision of school meals to public school students, most of whom belonged to low-income families facing food insecurity. To guarantee the students' food security during this period, food...