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Law No. 18.432 establishing the State Programme «Without Hunger».

Country/Territory
Brazil
Territorial subdivision
Pernambuco
Document type
Legislation
Date
2023
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Food & nutrition
Keyword
Food security Poverty Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Food sovereignty
Geographical area
Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, South America, South Atlantic
Entry into force notes
This Law enters into force on the day of its publication. ​
Abstract

This Law establishes the State Programme named «Without Hunger». The Programme aims to promote availability and access to food, as well as its full consumption from a nutritional and sustainable point of view. It focuses on the population in situations of food insecurity and socioeconomic vulnerability, through the following actions: promoting income security; provision of free and/or low-cost meals; strengthening the State's food and nutritional security network; promotion of local food production arrangements and family farming, with special attention to: women, coloured people, family farmers and ranchers, artisanal fishers and shellfish gatherers, recyclable material collectors, indigenous peoples and traditional communities; and promotion of food and nutritional education activities, aiming to promote the practice of healthy eating habits.

Full text
Portuguese
Website
legis.alepe.pe.gov.br