Relato de Experiência: a Feira do Guará como Espaço para Promoção do Direito Humano à Alimentação Adequada (DHAA)

Street markets play a fundamental role in promoting adequate and healthy nutrition, serving as prime spaces for offering fresh and diverse foods that are directly accessible to the population (BRAZIL, 2014). Unlike other commercial formats, street markets enable direct interaction between consumers and producers, facilitating access to fresh, minimally processed, and often regional foods (BRAZIL, 2013). These spaces represent more than just places of commerce; they are instruments for promoting the Human Right to Adequate Food (HRAF), ensuring not only the availability of food in sufficient quantities but also respect for cultural traditions and the nutritional quality of products (MASCARENHAS, DOLZANI, 2008). The HRAF, established by the Organic Law on Food and Nutritional Security (LOSAN) No. 11.346/2006, reinforces that adequate food must be guaranteed by public authorities and is a fundamental human right. Street markets, due to their characteristics of offering fresh food with varied nutritional quality, promote food and nutritional security, in addition to contributing to the economic sustainability of small producers and local merchants (BARBOSA et al., 2022). By respecting cultural specificities and providing a more transparent relationship in the acquisition of food, markets are solidified as important tools for strengthening sustainable and healthy food systems, with positive impacts on public health and the promotion of more balanced and natural eating practices (BRAZIL, 2014; CRUZ et al., 2022). In this sense, analyzing the role of street markets in the context of promoting healthy and adequate food, in light of the HRAF, becomes essential to understanding how these spaces can actively contribute to ensuring this fundamental right. This experience report aimed to observe how the principles of the Human Right to Adequate Food (HRAF) manifest in a permanent market in the Federal District.