POLICY BRIEF #4: School Feeding in traditional communities: The indigenous PNAE in Amazonas
Brazil has one of the largest and most well-established school feeding programmes in the world, covering more than 40 million students daily in all regions of the country. Implementing this programme in a country of continental dimensions and rich ethnic variety requires constant innovation and continuous attention to the specific needs of each community. This new Policy Brief presents the challenges and solutions in supplying school meals to indigenous populations through the successful experience of adapting the National School Feeding Programme (PNAE) to the needs and context of traditional communities in Amazonas.
Publication: Country Case: Bangladesh
The document, produced in partnership with WFP Bangladesh and the Government of Bangladesh, details the country’s journey in developing its national school feeding programme and the role of the WFP Centre of Excellence in this process. The supply of school meals in Bangladesh began in 2001, when WFP partnered with the government to launch a school feeding programme in the country’s most vulnerable areas. In 2012, with support from the Centre of Excellence, a delegation from Bangladesh made a high-level study visit to Brazil to learn about the country’s experience with school feeding and its solid institutional framework for food and nutrition security.
SOFI 2021: hunger increases and reached 811 million people in 2020
There was a dramatic increase of world hunger in 2020,…
Publication: Cost-benefit Analysis São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé and Príncipe conducted the “Zero Hunger” Strategic Review in 2018, in the context of the country’s government efforts and the World Food Programme’s mandate for a transition towards a nationally managed national school feeding programme. Among the conclusions and recommendations of the document, there is the need for a cost-benefit analysis of the National School Food and Health Programme (PNASE) and this is the focus of this publication. The analysis focuses on PNASE’s cost components and analyses the potential benefits brought by the Programme and the current and real costs of investing in school meals in São Tomé and Príncipe within the current framework.
WFP Centre of Excellence takes part in events on food systems and fighting hunger
Over the past week, the WFP Centre of Excellence against…
Publication: Country Cases: Kenya
The document, produced in partnership with WFP Kenya and the Government of Kenya, details the country’s journey in developing its national school feeding programme and the role of the WFP Centre of Excellence in this process. Home-grown school meals represent the leading school-based programme in Kenya since 1980. Initially, 240,000 children in primary and pre-primary schools were covered by the programme, in arid and semi-arid areas. The introduction of Free Primary Education in January 2003 boosted school enrolment and, by 2007, School Meals reached more than 1.2 million school children. The programme has, therefore, become a reference and has inspired other developing countries, such as Namibia and Zambia.
Country Cases: Kenya
The WFP Centre of Excellence against Hunger Brazil has just…
Publicação: Policy Brief #1 Obesidade infantil
A obesidade infantil é um desafio global para a saúde e para a sociedade cuja prevalência apresenta-se em constante crescimento. Por isso, ambientes promotores da saúde – que favorecem a alimentação adequada e saudável – e a prática de atividade física são importantes fatores para prevenção da obesidade nesta fase da vida. Este Policy Brief apresenta informações para contribuir na elaboração de estratégias por gestores públicos no nível local (gestores municipais e estaduais) para a prevenção e o cuidado da obesidade infantil. O documento é composto por seis perguntas e respostas objetivas para facilitar a compreensão sobre um tema tão sensível que pode mudar a realidade do seu município.
Brazil makes a humanitarian donation to Equatorial Guinea with support from the WFP
Brazil made a humanitarian donation of food and nutritional products…
WFP Centre of Excellence to support Namibia in home-grown school feeding programme
Namibia is designing its 6th National Development Plan and looking…