Strategies, opportunities and challenges in the process of construction of a municipal food and nutrition security plan

ABSTRACT

The article aims to analyze the process of construction of the 1st Municipal Plan for Food and Nutritional Security of Duque de Caxias - Rio de Janeiro, seeking to identify opportunities, barriers and challenges expressed in the local context and its articulation with events and national circumstances. For this purpose, a document analysis was carried out based on searches on the official website, consultation of the physical collection in a municipal institution responsible for Food and Nutritional Security (FNS) and the notes and records made during the preparation of the plan. The results point to the relevance of the engagement of civil society and public administration in the theme for the publication of the Municipal Plan of SAN. Even with the current scenario of deconstruction of the FNS policy at the federal level associated with the emergence of the coronavirus pandemic, which has been contributing to the increase in food and nutritional insecurity, there are opportunities at the local level for SAN bodies active in the city to continue the debates on SAN public policies in order to implement relevant measures.