Implementation of decentralised food procurement programmes and the impact of the policy, institutional and legal enabling environment:

Implementation of decentralised food procurement programmes and the impact of the policy, institutional and legal enabling environment:
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2018-10-26
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9251099219

The paper aims to demonstrate the role of pilot initiatives in supporting this adaptation process. Different procurement modalities impose different challenges and require different types of support from and adaptations to policy, institutional and legal frameworks. Pilot initiatives can play an important role in testing and providing a better understanding of the challenges and opportunities of different decentralised procurement models (supporting the choice of the most appropriate one within the country context) and, in particular, on informing the adaptations needed to these frameworks for effective implementation of the modality chosen.

Aligning policy and legal frameworks for supporting smallholder farming through public food procurement

Aligning policy and legal frameworks for supporting smallholder farming through public food procurement
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2019-01-03
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9251310432

Despite an increasing recognition of the importance of a conducive and aligned public procurement policy and regulatory frameworks for the implementation of public food procurement initiatives that target smallholder farmers, very little has been said about how such an alignment can be achieved, or about the various tools and legal mechanisms that can be used to do this. This publication aims to contribute to this discussion, bringing an analysis of four country experiences and of the various legal mechanisms that can be used to align the regulatory framework in pursuit of broader development goals by means of public procurement in the form of home-grown school feeding programmes.

Public food procurement for sustainable food systems and healthy diets – Volume 2

Public food procurement for sustainable food systems and healthy diets – Volume 2
Author: International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 402
Release: 2021-12-23
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9251354790

Sustainable Public Food Procurement (PFP) represents a key game changer for food systems transformation. It can influence both food consumption and food production patterns. It can deliver multiple social, economic and environmental benefits towards sustainable food systems for healthy diets. This publication aims to contribute to the improved understanding, dissemination and use of PFP as a development tool in particular in the case of school meals programmes. In this Volume 2, researchers, policymakers and development partners can find extensive evidence of the instruments, enablers and barriers for PFP implementation. It also provides case studies with local, regional and national experiences from Africa, Asia, Europe and North and South America. Volume 1 of this publication, available at https://doi.org/10.4060/cb7960en, presents further analysis on how PFP can be used as a development tool and deliver multiple benefits for multiple beneficiaries. It argues that PFP can provide a market for local and smallholder farmers, promote the conservation and sustainable use of agrobiodiversity, and improve the nutrition and health of children and communities.

Leveraging institutional food procurement for linking small farmers to markets

Leveraging institutional food procurement for linking small farmers to markets
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2018-06-05
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9251098646

In developing countries, institutional food procurement programmes (IFPPs) are increasingly viewed as a means to integrate small farmers into formal food systems. Drawing lessons from the World Food Programme's Purchase for Progress Programme, Brazil's Food Purchase Programme and others, this book reviews initiatives that link demand for food from institutions (e.g. schools and hospitals) to broader development objectives.

Impact evaluation of home-grown school feeding programmes

Impact evaluation of home-grown school feeding programmes
Author: Giunti, S., Aurino, E., Masset, E., Prifti, E.
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 92
Release: 2022-03-25
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9251358869

This publication seeks to support practitioners by providing methodological guidelines for conducting rigorous impact assessments of Home Grown School Feeding (HGSF) programmes. It presents an overview of the main technical issues to be addressed depending on the characteristics of the context and of the intervention itself. While these guidelines are mainly designed for monitoring and evaluation officers working for United Nations agencies, local governments or non-governmental organizations, its contents can be of interest to a wider audience of policymakers, researchers and practitioners interested in multi-sectoral, complex programmes linking agriculture and nutrition.

Public food procurement from smallholder farmers

Public food procurement from smallholder farmers
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 56
Release: 2018-11-02
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9251310424

This publication addresses some of the research gaps in the area of smallholder participation in public food procurement. It identifies good practices, reviews the global body of available literature and draws lessons learned. The findings of this paper have informed the Guidance Note on Public Food Procurement and can assist policy makers in the design and implementation of public food procurement.

Guidance Note

Guidance Note
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)
Total Pages: 84
Release: 2012
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN:

This tool does so by briefly explaining the conceptual, legal and operational dimensions of the right to food.

Home-Grown School Feeding

Home-Grown School Feeding
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2019-01-08
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9251308462

This framework fosters the replication and scaling up of home-grown school feeding models and the mapping of opportunities for linking such programmes with relevant agricultural development and rural transformation investments.

Nutrition guidelines and standards for school meals

Nutrition guidelines and standards for school meals
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 110
Release: 2019-01-11
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9251311838

Setting nutrition guidelines and standards has been recommended internationally to ensure that school meals are in line with children’s nutrition needs and adequate to their context. This report provides a descriptive overview of the situation of school meal nutrition guidelines and standards in 33 low and middle-income countries as reported through a global survey. The report identifies key aspects to consider for stakeholders who are planning to develop or update their guidelines and standards in the context of school meal programmes.

Empowering the Poor

Empowering the Poor
Author: Formisano, Maritza Prada
Publisher: UNESCO Publishing
Total Pages: 122
Release: 2011-12-31
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9230010278