10 years of Public Purchases of Family Farming in Paraguay. Lessons Learned and challenges for the future

Abstract

On the year 2023 it will be 10 years since the promulgation of Decree 1056/2013 which establishes “The complementary modality of contracting process called simplify process for the acquisition of family farming products” normative that, within the framework of the fight against poverty program called “Sembrando Oportunidades” has allowed State Organizations and Entities (in Spanish OEE) to purchase Family Farming products directly from individual or associated producers through a simplified bidding process. On the occasion of its first decade of promulgation, an extended “policy brief” style document is proposed, besides the personal experience as National Coordinator of the Program (2013-2015), the present paper compiles the background data, evolution of the regulatory and programmatic framework, a time line with the main results obtained as well as the lessons learned and finally the current context of the Family Farming Public Procurement program for the purpose of generating an evaluation and recommendations of adjustments for a correct implementation of it during the 2023-2028 government period.