Virtual event launches Latin American teacher training course
26 July 2023 – The launch of the Food and Nutrition Education (FNE) teacher training courses in 8 Latin American countries will take place on 27 July, at 15h30 in Chile, through a virtual event. This event will be a joint action of the Brazil-FAO International Cooperation, the FAO Representation and the Government of Ecuador. […]
II International Congress on School Feeding and Meeting of Representatives from RAES countries
The ‘II International Congress on School Feeding – Building Paths for Food and Nutritional Education’ took place on May 23rd, 24th, and 25th in Brasilia, Brazil. The event had the participation of approximately 350 professionals from Brazil and other 11 Latin American countries who were involved in the activities and events of the Sustainable School […]
In Rio de Janeiro, Dominican delegation sees experiences on school feeding and cooperativism
The objective of the visits was to exchange knowledge to strengthen school feeding in the Dominican Republic. Paulo Beraldo Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, May 31, 2023 – An international delegation from the government of the Dominican Republic spent two days in the state of Rio de Janeiro to learn about the implementation of the National […]
International Congress on School Feeding presented innovative initiatives developed in Brazil and LAC countries
Professionals from school feeding programmes in Brazil and 12 other countries of the Sustainable School Feeding Network (RAES) participated. Brasilia, Brasil, 29 de mayo de 2023 – Brasília, Brazil, May 29, 2023 – The Minister of Education of Brazil, Camilo Santana, attended the opening of the 2nd International Congress on School Feeding, which brought together […]
Brazil-FAO Cooperation plans actions in favor of the consolidation of SFPs
Project Consolidation of School Feeding Programmes in LAC organized meeting with 6 countries of the region Paulo Beraldo Brasília, February 10, 2023 – The project Consolidation of School Feeding Programmes in Latin America and the Caribbean held on Tuesday, February 7, the first meeting with Latin American countries to discuss the support of the Brazil-FAO […]
Event presents school feeding governance experiences from El Salvador, Brazil, Guatemala and Paraguay
Hybrid dialogue included Ministers of El Salvador and representatives of the governments of three LAC countries December 13, 2022. The main actors involved in the school feeding policy of the government of El Salvador met to discuss the governance of these programmes in Latin American countries. In addition to the Ministers of Education and Agriculture […]
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 […]
‘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 […]
Technical mission takes LAC countries to Brazil to know public school feeding policy
The delegation will be composed of representatives from 10 countries that will arrive in Brasilia on the 29th. Brasilia, August 23, 2022 – Representatives from 10 Latin American and Caribbean countries will participate, from August 29th to September 2nd, in an international technical mission organized by the trilateral south-south cooperation project Consolidation of School Feeding Programmes in […]
We need to work to expand and strengthen school feeding in LAC, says FAO Representative in Brazil
In interview with the RAES plataform, Rafael Zavala highlights the importance of school feeding programmes in tackling food insecurity Paulo Beraldo Following the release of a global report showing that food insecurity affects 4 out of 10 Latin Americans, the FAO Representative in Brazil, Mr. Rafael Zavala, affirms that work must be done to strengthen […]
