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Home-grown school feeding: assessment of a pilot program in Nepal

author(s) Shrestha, R.M.. - Schreinemachers, P. - Nyangmi, M.G.
from UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
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Shrestha, R.M., Schreinemachers, P., Nyangmi, M.G. et al. Home-grown school feeding: assessment of a pilot program in Nepal. BMC Public Health 20, 28 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-8143-9

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Abstract

The Nepal School Meals Program reached 600,000 schoolchildren in basic education in 2017 and plays a key role in the government’s strategy to increase children’s academic and nutritional outcomes. This study piloted home-grown school feeding in 30 schools reaching nearly 4000 children in Sindhupalchok and Bardiya districts in Nepal with the aim to assess operations and outcomes in comparison to the regular cash-based school meals program. The study used a one-time post evaluation with a mixed methods approach. Qualitative data were collected through 12 focus group discussions and 28 key informant interviews with government and school staff, parents, cooks, cooperative members, World Food Programme representatives and other stakeholders involved in the pilot program

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