Author Archives: Caroline Melo

As of the second half of 2021, with the advancement of vaccination and the establishment of safety protocols, most of the almost 40 million children and adolescents enrolled in public schools in Brazil returned to school in full or partially. This brief summary points out the main recommendations of the Brazilian government for serving school meals safely, based on the strategy adopted by the National School Feeding Programme (PNAE). 

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Under a UN-UN agreement, the Food and Agriculture Organization  (FAO)…

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The Beyond Cotton project took another step in Benin with…

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The International Day of Education, celebrated on 24 January, was…

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Malnutrition, in all its forms, has already been understood and…

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The recording of the thematic seminar “Perspectives and Challenges of…

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On December 22nd, the WFP Centre of Excellence Against Hunger…

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Content production is an important aspect of the South-South Cooperation…

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Brazil has one of the largest, most well-established school feeding programmes in the world, serving more than 40 million students daily in all regions of the country. Implementing this programme in a country of continental dimensions and rich ethnic and cultural variety requires constant innovation and attention to the needs of each community. This policy brief presents the challenges and solutions the National School Feeding Programme (PNAE) found to meet the needs and context of traditional quilombola communities.

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This document presents a synthesis of the debates held during the Regional Dialogues on Fruits and Vegetables, a series of five meetings, one for each macro-region of Brazil, which aimed to share innovative experiences that strengthen production, supply and consumption of fruits and vegetables. In the Dialogues, the particularities of each region were presented in relation to the challenges and opportunities for the formulation and implementation of policies and actions that promote health, adequate and healthy eating and strengthen healthy, fair and sustainable food systems. 

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