Perfil das doações do Programa Mesa Brasil entre os anos de 2012 a 2017 no município de Dourados-MS

Abstract

In 2003, the Social Service of Commerce (SESC) developed the Mesa Brasil SESC Program. The program is structured on educational actions and distribution of excess food or out of marketing standards, but which can still be consumed. With the objective of characterizing the donations of the Mesa Brasil program in the municipality of Dourados over a period of six years. This is a retrospective and documental study that evaluated data on donations from the Mesa Brasil Program in the municipality of Dourados-MS, from the years 2012 to 2017. These data were analyzed according to the donations and distributions of genders. Quantitative data were presented in absolute values and in percentages and presented in the form of tables and graphs. With the highest percentage of distributions in 2012 with (70.3%) donations, most of vegetables and derivatives. Despite the drop in the amount of donations observed between 2012 and 2017, the program Mesa Brazil made 131,130.83 kg of donations in 2017, being of extreme importance for the fight against hunger and food waste.