The Virtual Tour “Linking family farming to public purchases in Peru and Brazil” will take place on May 11th and 13th, from 10am to 1pm (Brazilian time). The event aims to promote a virtual space for cooperation between officials from the Peruvian and Brazilian governments to share knowledge, good practices and lessons learned in the articulation of home-grown school feeding programmes. The event, which was organized by WFP Peru, is part of the Triangular South-South Cooperation project “Promoting the participation of small and medium-sized farms in public procurement to improve the nutrition of schoolchildren in Peru”.
Participants from Peru include the technical teams of the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion. Participants from Brazil include the Brazilian Cooperation Agency (ABC), the National Fund for Education Development (FNDE) and the Family Agriculture Secretariat (SAF) of the Ministry of Agriculture. Experts from the WFP Centre of Excellence against Hunger Brazil, WFP Peru and representatives from FAO and IFAD will also take part.
Please click here to register: http://bit.ly/WFP-TourVirtual-Registro