atuação do projeto de extensão “COMSEA, O QUE É?”, na propagação do conceito de Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional e seus deveres

The purpose of the article was to highlight the performance of the UFJF Extension Project “COMSEA, what is it?” in the city of Juiz de Fora / MG, emphasizing the necessary interaction of popular knowledge and academic knowledge. The project contributed to the dissemination of the Municipal Food Security Council, a precursor municipal body of the Human Right to Adequate Food (DHAA) and a collection of public policies on SAN was created. The methodology used was the qualitative, exploratory approach. The method adopted involves documentary analysis of the minutes of the plenary meetings of the COMSEA-JF over a 5-year period, interviews with advisers in the city and carrying out training activities for advisers. It was concluded that the partnership of the “COMSEA, what is it?” Project was positive, with COMSEA-JF and the population, which in a dialogical process managed to articulate effective public policies for Food and Nutrition Security. The theoretical framework was Paulo Freire and Luciene Burlandy.