School Nutrition
Reducing malnutrition is a cornerstone of poverty reduction. General malnutrition and specific micronutrient deficiencies contribute to infant, child and maternal morbidity; decreased learning capacity; lower productivity and higher mortality.
New Home Grown School Feeding programme
The Partnership for Child Development has launched a new project that will support government action to the delivery deliver of cost effective school feeding programmes in sub-Saharan Africa. The project will promote local agriculture and benefit rural farmers by using locally-sourced food, providing regular orders and a reliable income for local farmers, the majority of whom are women, while improving the education, health, and nutrition of children....
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