Global Child Nutrition Foundation publishes recommendations to strengthen school feeding
Final Forum document in Japan outlines priorities, highlights progress, challenges, and actions to transform food systems. Brasília, Brazil, January 16, 2025 – The Global Child Nutrition Foundation (GCNF) has released an official communiqué outlining priorities to improve school feeding programs worldwide. With the participation of 408 representatives from 82 countries, the final document from the […]
Effects of Public Procurement on the income of family farmers in Brazil: Analysis of the Food Acquisition Program and the National School Feeding Program (Portuguese)
Public Procurement Increase Family Farmers’ Income by up to 106%, Study Reveals; PNAE Brazil Among the Highlights
A study by the Institute for Applied Economic Research (Ipea) reinforces the importance of programmes such as PNAE to improve nutritional indicators and promote sustainable territorial development. Brasília, Brazil, January 14, 2025 – Supplying food for government programmes increases the average income of Brazilian family farmers, with a more significant impact on those with lower incomes. […]
Time’s up for food waste: Brazilian school takes action and students change habits
In Itajaí, a school community transformed its consumption habits following a project on food waste and the adoption of measures to reduce food losses Paulo Beraldo Brasília, Brazil, December 02, 2024 – Reducing food waste in school meals and raising awareness about the global hunger crisis and its local impact are some of the goals […]
What does it mean to be part of the RAES Network?
See the testimony of a country representative. Paulo Beraldo What does being part of RAES mean for the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean? During the meeting in Panama that formalized the adhesion of countries to the Sustainable School Feeding Network (RAES), Yomaira Tejeda from the Dominican Republic gave an eloquent response to this […]
Sustainable School Feeding Network strengthened with the joining of 17 countries from Latin America and the Caribbean
The RAES Network, created by the Brazilian government in collaboration with FAO, aims to support countries in implementing and consolidating their school feeding and nutrition programs Paulo Beraldo and Palova Brito Seventeen countries from Latin America and the Caribbean have officially joined the Sustainable School Feeding Network (RAES) to strengthen public policies in this area. […]
Panama hosts first meeting of countries that joined the Sustainable School Feeding Network (RAES)
Launched by the Brazilian government and FAO, the network now includes 16 countries from Latin America and the Caribbean, which will work together to promote the right to adequate food for millions of students in the region. Paulo Beraldo and Palova Brito Brasília, Brazil, November 6, 2024 – Representatives from sixteen countries in Latin America […]
Call for submissions on: Community engagement for inclusive rural transformation and gender equality”.
The call for submissions focused on Community engagement for inclusive rural transformation and gender equalityencourage you to share your valuable experiences, good practices, and lessons learned to contribute to this important initiative.This call offers a unique opportunity to enrich the ongoing dialogue on how community-led collective action can help ensure that no one is left […]
Twenty-six countries in the region met to discuss the adhesion to the Sustainable School Feeding Network (RAES)
The virtual meeting was attended by more than 300 participants from the region. Brasília, Brazil, August 27, 2024 – Nearly 300 participants, including school feeding authorities from Latin America and the Caribbean, representatives of the diplomatic corps and experts from 26 countries met virtually to discuss the formal adhesion to the Sustainable School Feeding Network […]
Get to know the RAES Adhesion Form and the Joint Declaration of Commitment to Advances in School Feeding Policy in LAC
