The global food, fuel, and financial crises have given new prominence to school feeding as
a potential safety net and as a social support measure that helps keep children in …

School feeding programs are politically popular interventions. They are, nevertheless,
difficult to assess in terms of effectiveness since their impact is partially on education and …

Reviews the evidence about how school feeding meets multiple objectives—including social
safety nets, education, nutrition, health, and local agriculture—and provides some indication …

School feeding program as a social safety net has been popular in developing countries as
an instrument for achieving the Millennium Development Goals. These programs are …

" In her extraordinarily well-thought-out, beautifully written, sympathetic, and compelling
book, Jan Poppendieck makes clear that Free for All has two meanings: how pressures to …

Compiled by the Partnership for Child Development at Imperial College London, the World
Food Programme, the World Bank and the African Union's New Partnership for Africa's …

Analysis shows that a quality education, combined with a guaranteed package of health and
nutrition interventions at school, such as school feeding, can contribute to child and …

'The School Food Revolution is an important book that deserves success.'Journal of Organic
Systems' A great new book that describes how'the humble school meal'can be considered …

For the goals of Education for All (EFA) to be achieved, children must be healthy enough not
only to attend school but also to learn while there. Because school health and nutrition …

Food assistance programs—including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
(SNAP, or food stamps), the National School Lunch Program, and the School Breakfast …