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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetIncluding gastronomy in the School Feeding Programme: The alternative to achieve the right to healthy, tasty and waste-free food
Guidance note for the pilot project in Barranquilla, Colombia
2021Also available in:
Each year, the department of Barranquilla, Colombia, invests around 40 billion Colombian pesos (USD 12.2 million) in the School Feeding Programme (PAE) to feed 113 818 children and adolescents. This research estimated that including gastronomic techniques in just one menu of the PAE Barranquilla could prevent 99.7 tonnes of food waste, which represents around USD 159 000 per year (1.5 percent of the total budget). This food waste is partly due to students leaving the food that they do not find tasty on their plate. These data are derived from a small-scale pilot intervention, with a before-and-after assessment design, carried out in an educational institution in the city of Barranquilla, Colombia, where the gastronomic quality of a school menu was improved through a reinforcement training provided by a professional chef to the PAE food handlers. In order to identify if there were differences before and after the intervention, a survey was applied to a sample of children aged 8 to 14 years, which resulted in an increase in acceptance (from 52 percent to 72 percent) and a decrease in food waste (87.6 grammes on average per child per day). -
Book (stand-alone)Tasty and waste-free food – The alternative to improve the use of public resources in School Feeding Programmes in Latin America and the Caribbean
Case studies in three countries
2021Also available in:
The inclusion of gastronomy in the School Feeding Programs (PAE) of Latin America and the The Caribbean is a way of strengthening these programs, by improving their efficiency through increase in acceptance and intake in menus and decrease in food waste. In this context and with the objective of guiding the countries of the region in the inclusion of gastronomy in their own PAE, this publication presents three case studies in Chile, Colombia and Guatemala. Taking into account the current COVID-19 pandemic context, this publication also includes a food safety guide intended to be applied in the different modalities of the SAPs as long as schools are back to normal. The guide is divided into three sections: 1) Planning the reopening, 2) Implementation of good practices that guarantee the application of the principles of food safety and reduce the spread of COVID-19 and 3) Monitoring actions and follow-up during reopening. These guidelines are a compilation of the evidence so far available that will serve as support in this great task of continuing with the vital delivery of food to the students. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetChad: Integrated livestock management to address acute malnutrition in children
Project profile
2024Also available in:
No results found.High levels of food insecurity and acute malnutrition persist in Chad despite investments by government, humanitarian and development actors. Global acute malnutrition (GAM) continues to surpass the emergency threshold of 15 percent on a yearly basis in many regions in Chad, including in Kanem – currently in Crisis (Cadre Harmonisé Phase 4) – and Barh El Gazel. The situation has been exacerbated by below-average rainfall coupled with repeated long dry spells. FAO is carrying out a study to determine the effectiveness and sustainability of a multisectoral livestock management intervention – including the provision of livestock feed, improved natural resource management (water and fooder) and nutritional counselling – in reducing the risk of acute malnutrition among children under 5 years of age and pregnant and breastfeeding women in Chad’s Kanem and Barh El Gazel regions.
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