Virtual session discuss food and nutrition education
80 people from Caribbean countries took part in the activity Brasilia, December 1th, 2022 – Around 80 professionals from different Caribbean countries took part in the first session of a series of webinars focused on resilient and sustainable school feeding programmes. The initiative is carried out jointly by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the […]
Article: Schools are an essential part of the transformational change in the food systems
Renata Clarke* “I can’t forget one experience that amazed me during my visit to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines this year…. Children who were throwing vegetables at the beginning of the school year were staring at the lettuce and other vegetables as they were the best food they could eat. This is what happens when […]
Event: Food and nutrition education and school food to improve diets for life
Linking school-based food and nutrition education with nutrition guidelines and standards for school food will be the topic of the webinar held on 8th December 2022, 3 p.m. (CET) Nutrition guidelines and standards (NGS) are rules and regulations designed to improve the nutritional quality, as well as the overall adequacy, of foods and meals in schools, […]
Check all the food-based dietary guidelines (FBDG) of the Caribbean countries
In this link you can find the FBDG of some Caribbean countries Food-based dietary guidelines are documents that establish a basis for public food and nutrition, health and agricultural policies in the countries. They support fostering healthy eating habits and lifestyles in the population, and can be used also as instruments to improve school feeding programmes […]
Food-based dietary guidelines serve as reference for the planning and development of food and nutrition policies
In conversation with the RAES platform, Solange Fernandes, nutritionist and coordinator of the National School Feeding Program (PNAE) of Brazil, comments on the importance of the food-based dietary guidelines as instruments to support the design of public policies Paulo Beraldo Food-based dietary guidelines can be tools for the planning and elaboration of public food and […]
Training sessions on school feeding programmes offered for Caribbean countries
Sessions will be on November 29th, December 6th, and February 28th The virtual activity ‘Resilient and sustainable school feeding programmes training sessions will be offered in three sessions for eight Caribbean countries, starting on November 29th. The initiative is carried out jointly by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the Brazil-FAO International Cooperation, and the […]
“We don’t want to just deliver healthier food, but also that students learn what a healthy lifestyle is”
In an interview with the RAES platform, Juan Gabriel Casañas, Undersecretary of School Administration of the Ministry of Education of Ecuador, brings an overview of the SFP and its progress in recent years Paulo Beraldo The School Feeding Programme of Ecuador has been advancing every day since its creation in 2009. The universalization of attention […]
INABIE and FAO presents project to strengthen the SFP in the Dominican Republic
Con el proyecto, se espera recopilar las mejores prácticas en innovación en la política pública de alimentación escolar en República Dominicana El Instituto Nacional de Bienestar Estudiantil (INABIE) y la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO) realizaron el lanzamiento oficial del proyecto “Entorno escolar saludable a través de estrategias […]
‘School feeding programmes create the taste and habits of the future generations’
Mr. Fransen Jean, food security officer for the FAO sub-regional office in the Caribbean, talks with the RAES platform about school feeding programmes in the region Paulo Beraldo School feeding programmes are great policy instruments that can shape the taste, eating and consumption habits of this generation and those ones to come, evaluates Fransen Jean, […]
“What children consume triggers and influences their learning process”
Teacher Emy Alfaro, from Belize, shares her remarks about implementing a healthy plan in her school Paulo Beraldo The teacher Emy Alfaro, from Benque Viejo, Cayo, in Belize, has no doubts when it comes to educating the children about what they eat every day. “It is essential to give visibility to eating habits, obesity, hunger, […]
