Strengthening School Feeding Programmes in the Caribbean - FAO-SLC Issue brief #13

FAO

Strengthening School Feeding Programmes in the Caribbean - FAO-SLC Issue brief #13

Year of publication 2015

Pages 4p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

ISBN no ISBN

Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) School feeding programmes in the Caribbean, as elsewhere, have long been established and recognised as an important instrument in facilitating learning, especially for poor and vulnerable school children. More recently, in Latin America and the Caribbean, while school feeding programmes (SFPs) maintain their original purpose, the goals of these programmes, as well as the forms of delivery of the assistance have evolved. Experience with SFPs elsewhere, primarily in Brazil, has prompted Caribbean governments to consider SFPs as an integral part of their social protection and development strategy.

Language English

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