Facilitating Factors and Opportunities for Local Food Purchases in School Meals in Spain

Panmela Soares, Sandra Suárez-Mercader, Iris Comino, María Asunción Martínez-Milán, Suzi Barletto Cavalli and María Carmen Davó-Blanes
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Panmela Soares: Nutrition Post-Graduation Programme, Nutrition Department, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, 88040-900 Florianópolis, Brazil
Sandra Suárez-Mercader: Public Health Research Group, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain
Iris Comino: Public Health Research Group, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain
María Asunción Martínez-Milán: Public Health Research Group, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain
Suzi Barletto Cavalli: Nutrition Department, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, 88040-900 Florianópolis, Brazil
María Carmen Davó-Blanes: Nutrition Post-Graduation Programme, Department of Community Nursing, Preventive Medicine and Public Health and History of Science, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 4, 1-11

Abstract: The objective of this study is to explore the facilitating factors and opportunities that can promote the implementation of local food purchase (LFP) in Spanish school meals in the opinions of key informants (IK). A qualitative study was carried out based on in-depth interviews with 14 KI capable of influencing Spanish food policy (Representatives of consumers and/or producers, representatives of organizations that promote LFP, and representatives of the government and/or academics). They were asked about opportunities and facilitating factors for implementation of LFP. Interviews were recorded and transcribed. A qualitative content analysis was carried out with Atlas ti. The analysis of the interviews produced two categories that include factors that- in the interviewees’ opinions- can promote LFP (social fabric and policy) and three categories that bring together the factors that represent opportunities for implementation in school meal programs in Spain (the policy agenda, regional characteristics and regional context). The overlap between social and political demands were considered to be facilitating factors for LFP. Furthermore, in the opinions of KI, the presence of health and sustainability issues on the public agenda, the existence of a structured productive system and political changes represent an opportunity to implement LFP.

Keywords: school feeding; sustainable agriculture; food supply; public policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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