Â鶹ÊÓƵ implemented energy-related initiatives in 53 countries in 2024, reaching over 800,000 people through cooking interventions and providing energy access to another 800,000 individuals. Additionally, 37,000 smallholder farmers benefited from energy solutions for productive uses such as irrigation and drying. For household cooking, 17 countries promoted improved cookstoves through local manufacturing, government engagement, and direct distribution. Sri Lanka and Tajikistan introduced advanced technologies like electric pressure cookers and solar cookers, while Tanzania launched a humanitarian programme for 5,000 households and began carbon accreditation for its cookstove project.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ's school meals programme in Malawi introduces renewable energy cooking solutions in 13 schools, using biogas and solar PV to demonstrate their viability, adoptability and benefits in rural areas.
This research seeks to improve the environmental sustainability of school meals in Sub-Saharan Africa by developing a practical tool to guide Planet Friendly procurement practices and HGSF approaches and support the transition to more sustainable food systems.
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.
The school feeding recipe book includes more than 65 different school meals made from locally sourced agricultural produce, grown, and raised in each of Timor-Leste¡¯s 13 municipalities.
Energy is vital within humanitarian settings and in vulnerable areas to enable improved livelihoods, preventing shocks and building resilience. It is also a necessary condition for development and underpins the achievement of two-thirds of the SDFs. Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s efforts to achieve zero hunger can be strengthened by providing the energy resources needed to produce, transform, and consume food thereby enhancing both food security and nutrition. Find out more on how people¡¯s food security can be enhanced with improved energy access through the following publications.
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 Â鶹ÊÓƵ.
This publication presents results from a pilot project conducted in five schools in Lesotho where Electric Pressure Cookers were introduced to cook school meals.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ implements energy projects globally, targeting people in humanitarian settings, schoolchildren, smallholder farmers and vulnerable communities. Here you can find energy-related case studies that take a more in-depth look at some of the energy activities focused on improving the performance of food systems through production, transformation and consumption.
Sustainable energy solutions are critical for global climate action. This factsheet explains how Â鶹ÊÓƵ is providing clean cooking facilities to schools.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ is implementing a nationwide school feeding project to ensure children have access to nutritionally-balanced meals by installing solar systems in 5 schools to power cooking, agriculture, and heating. In addition, Â鶹ÊÓƵ is addressing lighting needs along with stimulating the growth of local businesses.
