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Setting up and running a school garden

A manual for teachers, parents and communities

Year of publication 2005

Pages 208 p.

Author Nutrition Division

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 9251054088

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) ADEQUATE NUTRITION AND EDUCATION are key to the development of children and their future livelihoods. The reality facing millions of children, however, is that these essentials are far from being met. A countrys future hinges on its youth. Yet children who go to school hungry cannot learn well. They have decreased physical activity, diminished cognitive abilities and reduced resistance to infections. Their school performance is often poor and they may drop out of school early. In the long term, chronic malnutrition decreases individual potential and has adverse affects on productivity, incomes and national development.

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