The successful pilot programme “School Food and Nutrition Program linked to the Agricultural Sector” in Kyrgyzstan has been featured on FAO’s homepage.

Since 2006, school-provided meals have been one of Kyrgyzstan’s strategies for fighting food insecurity. The main beneficiaries have traditionally been the students, who receive a hot breakfast each day. But now, the project “Developing Capacity for Strengthening Food Security and Nutrition in Selected Countries of the Caucasus and Central Asia” is exploring how this scheme can improve the lives of smallholder farmers as well, thanks to the development of a Logistic Centre in Kemin that can certify, buy and store local produce before selling and delivering it to nearby schools.

By working with governments to link farmers to National School Feeding Programmes, FAO is giving children a healthier start in life and improving farmers’ livelihoods, all a part of the global goal to achieve #ZeroHunger.

To read the Kyrgyz story please visit the web-site: 

http://www.fao.org/fao-stories/article/en/c/1189857/