‘The partnership between school feeding programmes and rural technical assistance has a transformative potential’
Through rural technical assistance, Brazil has become an international reference for the promotion of public procurement of family farming and access to other public policies Paulo Beraldo A partnership with the potential to transform the lives of smallholder producers and feed millions of students. That is the definition of the union between rural technical assistance […]
‘RAES is essential as a platform for regional exchange and mutual support for school feeding’
Jorge Meza, FAO Representative in Argentina and Uruguay, comments that knowing the experiences of other countries helps to solve problems at the local level and incorporate innovations Paulo Beraldo Jorge Meza, Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Argentina and Uruguay, considers that the Sustainable School Feeding Network (RAES, […]
‘FAO can be a key player in supporting the implementation of school feeding policies’
For Mr. Ricardo Rapallo, FAO Representative in Guatemala, school feeding programmes should be included in any food and nutrition security strategy. And FAO can be a partner on that. Paulo Beraldo The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) can be a key player in supporting any government to develop a school feeding […]
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 […]
“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 […]
‘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, […]
“We want a society that eats for wellness, not for publicity”
Carolina Vanesa Cárcamo, a student from El Salvador, recalls her experience with food and nutrition education Paulo Beraldo The student Carolina Vanesa Carcamo, from Izalco, El Salvador, is clear about the role of food and nutritional education in her life and in the lives of her classmates. In an interview for the Sustainable School Food […]
‘School garden is the most effective tool to educate with focus on nutrition’
Nutritionist Maria Angela Delgado tells how Jundiaí, in Brazil, became a national reference for school feeding Paulo Beraldo Jundiaí, a city located a few kilometers from São Paulo, in Brazil, is a national reference when it comes to school feeding. This is due to the organic production of food, the implementation of dozens of school […]
Ecuadorian teacher with a lot of creativity captures the attention of boys and girls with a doll and promotes FNE actions.
Teacher Edison Eloy, from Guayaquil, exposes his experience with the Soloy doll and the educational activities that he develops for preschool students. Paulo Beraldo How to attract the attention of children in front of the computer during virtual classes? An opportunity arose from the difficulty: the creation of the character Soloy, a very nice doll […]
