This summary brings together evidence from 10 evaluations. The evaluations comprised a large volume of both quantitative and qualitative evidence on school feeding in Cambodia and were completed from 2018-2023. The synthesis was conducted from January-March 2024.
The paper emphasizes the need for sustainable financial solutions and collaborative efforts involving international financial institutions, donors and innovative financing schemes to bridge the funding gap and ensure the long-term success of school meal programmes in West Africa.
The joint publication by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the World Food Programme (WFP), the State of School Meals in Latin America and the Caribbean 2022, includes a Special Report: Towards an intercultural approach to school feeding in the region.
This report embarks on an in-depth exploration of the HGSF landscape across the 15 ECOWAS countries in West Africa. It seeks to map the evolution of HGSF programs amidst various global crises, particularly since the last Landscape Analysis in 2020.
Since 2013 the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has been supporting the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic to optimize the national school meals programme (NSMP) by upgrading a school menu from ‘bun and tea’ to hot and diverse meals for primary schoolchildren.
In line with the National Policy on Food, Nutrition and School Health, WFP supports the Government of Chad to implement a comprehensive school feeding programme.
This publication presents some examples in which recommendations from the SMC’s White Paper on Planet Friendly School Meals on transforming food systems by promoting healthy diets, sustainable agriculture, and economic equity are implemented in WFP.
WFP has six decades of experience supporting school feeding and a trajectory of working with more than 100 countries to set up sustainable national school feeding programmes. This factsheet provides an overview on school feeding programmes and their impact.
The ECOWAS Conference on Homegrown School Feeding, titled "Investing in Homegrown School Feeding to Strengthen Human Capital, Women's Economic Empowerment, and Contribute to Economic Development," served as a pivotal gathering of over 70 technical experts and government officials.
This paper is intended to enhance understanding of the links between school feeding and disability inclusion.