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HGSF working paper series #2: linking agricultural development to school feeding
Home Grown School Feeding, 2010Home-grown school feeding (HGSF) approach is conceived of as combining two distinct policy objectives: a social protection objective focused on the health and nutritional status of school-age children, and a focus on the economic and technical transformation of small-scale agriculture.DocumentDeveloping rations for Home Grown School Feeding
Home Grown School Feeding, 2010This paper discusses how to set the goals for school meal rations based on educational and nutrition outcomes. The paper points that school feeding programs do not significantly improve the nutritional status of school children unless the staple food is fortified. Consequently, parents need to be educated to continue to feed the same amounts of food at home.DocumentTargeting girls’ education: effects of gender targeting on enrollment, retention, and learning in rural Rajasthan
Population Studies Center, University of Michigan, 2014Using a randomised experiment in rural Rajasthan, India, this paper evaluates the effectiveness of an education program aimed to increase girls’ retention, enrollment and learning. While enrollment and community sensitisation were specifically aimed at promoting girls' education, the learning component of the programme involved and targeted boys and girls equally.DocumentChildren’s agency in responding to shocks and adverse events in Ethiopia
Young Lives, 2014Even if shock is a routine part of the existence of many children, poorer children are disproportionately affected and experience slightly different and greater impact.DocumentFood provision in schools in low and middle income countries: developing an evidenced based programme framework
Home Grown School Feeding, 2010This paper aims to develop an evidence based rationale for school feeding programmes. The paper clarifies that school feeding is a popular programme that has been used to support the education, health and nutrition of children living in vulnerable food-insecure areas.DocumentHome Grown School Feeding and social protection
Home Grown School Feeding, 2010This paper argues that Home Grown School Feeding (HGSF) programmes have great potential to deliver various social protection benefits, not only for schoolchildren and their families but also for food supplying farmers.DocumentEngaging communities: evaluating social accountability in school feeding programmes
Home Grown School Feeding, 2011This paper addresses the question of how implementers of Home Grown School Feeding (HGSF) systems can create and operationalise feedback systems between communities, governments and external partners to ensure programmes are meeting communities’ needs.DocumentA comparison of supply chains for school food: exploring operational trade-offs across implementation models
Home Grown School Feeding, 2012School feeding is a complex form of intervention that is delivered in various, context-specific models or configurations. This paper indicates that an increasing need for support and understanding of the different models and modalities has been expressed by governments to aid the design of school feeding programs.DocumentEvaluating the costs of the school nutrition project in Bangladesh
Home Grown School Feeding, 2013School health and nutrition programmes provide the foundation for children’s physical, cognitive and educational development. The purpose of this analysis is to examine the Dubai Cares/GAIN-Assisted School Nutrition Project in Bangladesh.