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 landscape of Home-Grown School Feeding (HGSF) programmes within the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) region has undergone significant evolution since the last assessment in 2020. The Landscape Analysis, prepared in May 2024 by the UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), ECOWAS and the School Meals Coalition, with the contribution of CERFAM and the Research Consortium for School Health and Nutrition, an Initiative of the School Meals Coalition, provides a comparative analysis across six domains, offering insights into the evolving dynamics, challenges, and best practices within the realm of HGSF. It serves also as a comprehensive resource for navigating the complexities and opportunities inherent in HGSF implementation across ECOWAS countries.
School feeding programmes are quickly gaining popularity in the region among governments as a critical investment in human capital, local economies, health, and nutrition, and are firmly leading the advancement of this agenda, despite the significant challenge of limited fiscal capacity. Â鶹ÊÓƵ continues to play an important role in school feeding and is well-positioned to support governments and contribute to the multiple benefits it offers.
This decentralized activity evaluation was commissioned by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Nepal country office as the baseline study of the School Meals project under the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition program funded by the United States Department of Agriculture under the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 grant cycle.
This report covers the baseline study for the Â鶹ÊÓƵ's (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) McGovern-Dole School Feeding Project in Haiti (FFE-521-2023/005-00) for the period from 2024 to 2028. The project is funded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The baseline study represents the first part of a series of evaluations that will include midline and end-of-project assessments. It was commissioned by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Country Office (CO) in Haiti and carried out by the Konterra Group.
The 2023 Annual Report highlights the work of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Centre of Excellence against Hunger Brazil in achieving SDGs 1,2 and 17 through South-South Cooperation.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ supported the development of a national social behaviour change strategy and action plan to address specific drivers and barriers to healthy eating with targeted policy and programmatic tools and campaigns
In Bhutan, Â鶹ÊÓƵ partners with the Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD), the Ministry of Health (MoH), and the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MoAL) to create an enabling environment for healthier school nutrition and improved nutritional status for Bhutanese schoolchildren.
This document provides an overview of Â鶹ÊÓƵ Lebanon¡¯s Farm to School model aiming to connect the schools enrolled under the Â鶹ÊÓƵ school meals programme with local suppliers.
This decentralized evaluation was commissioned by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Armenia Country Office and covers the School Feeding Programme (SFP) for the period of January 2018 to December 2023. It was carried out in 2024. The evaluation was commissioned to assess the programme's performance, fill evidence gaps, and inform the design of future school feeding interventions, as well as the new Country Strategic Plan. It was intended for both accountability and learning purposes.
This inception note was prepared by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s Office of Evaluation (OEV) and World Bank¡¯s Development Impact Evaluation (DIME) department based upon an initial feasibility assessment undertaken during an in-country mission, which included consultations with key stakeholders in March 2023.
The Kyrgyz Republic is a landlocked Central Asian country with 90 percent of the territory covered by high mountains and 67 percent of the population living in rural areas.?
Despite the country¡¯s great achievement in advancing sustainable development goals, high dependence on food imports and remittances, compounded by geopolitical instabilities and climate-induced disasters, continues to threaten the economic growth and nutrition of the most vulnerable population in the country.
Check out Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s response to reaching food- and nutrition-insecure people in the Kyrgyz Republic.
This decentralized mid-term evaluation (MTE) was commissioned by UNICEF Malawi jointly with UNFPA Malawi and Â鶹ÊÓƵ Malawi country office and covers the third phase of the Joint Programme for Girls Education (JPGE III) and evaluation period (2021 - 2023). The evaluation was led by UNICEF Malawi and it was carried out in 2023. Under JPGE III, three UN agencies¡ªUNICEF, UNFPA, and Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡ªcollaborate with the Malawian Government to achieve outcomes related to education, health, and nutrition.
Results indicate that providing fortified rice in school meals is very highly cost effective in reducing zinc, folic acid, and vitamin A deficiencies, improving cognitive performance, and reducing iron-deficiency anaemia.
This joint IDB-Â鶹ÊÓƵ publication presents the state of school feeding programmes in LAC as of 2022. The publication highlights the critical role of school feeding programmes for the region
This decentralized evaluation was commissioned by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Country Office for C?te d¡¯Ivoire and covers the endline evaluation of the first phase (2015-2021) of the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program¡¯s Support of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), under which the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) supports school meals programme in seven regions of implementation: Poro, Bagoue, Tchologo, Bounkani, Gontougo, Bafing, and Cavally.
The factsheet details Strategic Outcome 4 activities, aiming to provide healthy meals for schoolchildren. Among other, this includes canteens repair, equipment and fortified wheat flour provision, trainings, and technical support.
This decentralized evaluation was?commissioned by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Cambodia Country Office?(CO) as the Endline Activity Evaluation of USDA McGovern-Dole Grant FFE-442-2019-013-00 for Â鶹ÊÓƵ School Feeding in Cambodia and covers the education and child nutrition from November 2019 to October 2023. The evaluation was carried out in 2023.
