Centre of Excellence supports public consultation for trans fat restriction
On July 23, Anvisa approved a public consultation to restrict…
Centre of Excellence participates in the 12th Brazilian Cotton Congress
The Brazilian Association of Cotton Producers (ABRAPA) hosted the 12th Brazilian…
Good Practices #1
School Feeding in Portuguese Speaking Countries
The Centre for Excellence against Hunger launched the first publication of the Good Practices Series. The series provides successful examples of school feeding programs in Portuguese-speaking countries. The document compiles processes, laws and strategies implemented in Cape Verde, Sao Tome and Principe, Brazil and Mozambique.
Lesotho begins school feeding restructuring
From 19 to 23 August, a team of experts…
Employee of the Month: Peter Rodrigues
30 years of humanitarian work Peter Rodrigues is…
Bangladesh approves school feeding policy
The government of Bangladesh approved the National School Meal…
Policy Brief #3
PNAE´s Legal and Policy basis: Building a Pathway to Homegrown School Feeding
WFP Centre of Excellence against Hunger has issued a new policy brief called “PNAE’s Legal and Policy basis: Building a Pathway to Homegrown School Feeding”. The publication presents a timeline of the Brazilian pathway up to the implementation of a home-grown school feeding programme. The publication highlights the importance of considering the broader context of the fight against hunger in the country, through the main legal and institutional bases for food and nutrition security – developed between 1955 and 2010.
Policy Brief #2
Food and Nutrition Education in Brazilian Schools
The WFP Centre of Excellence against Hunger – Brazil issued a new policy brief on how the Brazilian school feeding programme has integrated food and nutrition education into the school environment. The document provides an overview of food and nutrition education in Brazil and explores the two-pronged strategy to include food and nutrition education in the school curriculum and the policy base to devise this strategy.
WFP Centre Brazil supports The Gambia to mobilize resources
The WFP Centre of Excellence against Hunger started on…
Beyond Cotton prepares country-specific project for Mozambique
The WFP Centre for Excellence against Hunger Brazil carried…