WFP Centre of Excellence participates in event on National Supply Chain and ESG agenda
On Monday, June 10th, the Director of the World Food…
WFP Centre of Excellence participates in the 3rd technical meeting of the G20 task force for the Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty
Between May 22nd and 24th, the Director of the World…
WFP and MDS strengthen partnership to promote food security on the G20 agenda in Teresina
The Ministry of Social Development and Fight Against Hunger (MDS)…
POLICY BRIEF #6: Monitoring and Social Control of the PNAE
Brazil has one of the largest national school feeding programmes in the world, serving cooked meals daily to around 40 million students across the country. Considering the area of more than 8,000 km2 and the population of around 220 million citizens, operating and overseeing the implementation of a programme that reaches all students in the country’s public basic education network certainly presents challenges. In this policy brief, we’ll see what centralised and decentralised tools the Brazilian government uses to monitor the implementation of the National School Feeding Programme and accountability, including: School Feeding Councils, monitoring visits and digital monitoring and data management tools.
WFP Centre of Excellence participates in lecture on combating hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean at UniCEUB
On Wednesday morning, April 24th, the World Food Programme (WFP)…
Publication: Annual Report 2023
In 2023, the World Food Programme (WFP) faced growing challenges due to humanitarian emergencies exacerbated by conflicts and climate disasters, hampering its mission to save lives. Meanwhile, the life-changing development work carried out by the WFP Centre of Excellence against Hunger in Brazil gained prominence, promoting lasting solutions for food security and sustainable agriculture. In this annual report, learn how the Centre of Excellence’s work supporting strategies to reduce inequalities in countries of the global South, strengthening areas such as school feeding, nutrition and family farming and establishing strategic partnerships has contributed to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals 1, 2 and 17.
Publication: Good practices in school feeding with Portuguese-speaking countries
In recent years, Portuguese-speaking countries have advanced in good practices in school feeding, combating malnutrition and poverty. The World Food Programme (WFP) Centre of Excellence against Hunger in Brazil, in partnership with the Brazilian Cooperation Agency (ABC) and the National Education Development Fund (FNDE), organised three online meetings between 2022 and 2023, focused on nutrition, school feeding linked to local agriculture, monitoring and evaluation. This publication highlights key points discussed by formulators and implementers of school feeding policies, seeking to develop resilient, environmentally healthy and gender – and nutrition – sensitive programmes.
WFP Centre of Excellence and Brazil discuss actions to strengthen smallholder farming
The director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)…
Event launches cooperation between Brazil and Congo for school feeding and smallholder farming
The Government of the Republic of Congo, through the…