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Abstract
In this work we analyze the effects of the Bolsa Família program on food security
in Brazil, considering the food inflation from the late 2000s. The evaluation of the impact
of this program was performed from the identification of the pattern of food consumption
of families potentially benefited from it (using POF data), in order to check its potential
purchase, considering the inflationary process cited. The data presented indicate effective
action to combat hunger policy from Lula government, but it is insufficient to solve the
problem of food deprivation in a structural and permanent sense: even if all the poor and
extremely poor families receive the benefit of Bolsa Família program, yet there would be no
guarantees for Food Security.