School meals

3 school lunches decisions that can benefit future generations

May 25 - 28, 2026 CEST

FAO HQ, Rome (Italy)

The Alliance at Rome Nutrition Week 2026

School lunch goes local: home-grown procurement models deliver big returns in Africa

Lessons from piloting a tool to monitor agrobiodiversity and social Inclusion in school meal programs in India

Advancing landscape and seascape restoration: The case for policy coherence and good practice sharing

Pathways of change: Schools as building blocks towards nurturing biodiversity and resilient agricultural and food systems

PABRA empowers Rwanda’s school nutrition with three tons of high-iron bean seeds

Reimagining school meals through agrobiodiversity in Madhya Pradesh, India

Neglected no more: Why climate-smart underutilized foods belong on school meal menus

Scaling nutrition impact: Schools serve up high-iron beans

PABRA and Rwanda’s Agriculture Ministry chart new path for bean value chain transformation at ACAT Conference

How indigenous vegetables are changing Kenya's food systems

Bridging indigenous peoples’ food systems and school meals programmes: evidence and gaps

Sustainable School Feeding Innovations in Kigali (SSFI)

Over 2.7 million Africans accessed High-Iron Beans (HIB) through school meals in 2024

Smitha Krishnan

Scientist II

School food and nutrition environments in the Pacific Islands: Opportunities to support healthier diets

ASEAN workshop advances planet-friendly school meals for a sustainable future

Cultivating health: How school gardens are powering Kigali’s school feeding program

For Nairobi’s informal settlements, diverse school lunches make a big difference

Lunch matters: How school meals enhance nutrition, education and agrobiodiversity in Africa

The Alliance champions planet-friendly school meals at the 24th Global Child Nutrition Forum

Etude de cas sur l’alimentation scolaire : Bénin.

Dynamics for the agroecological transition (DyTAEL) in Fatick, Senegal. Analysis of the level of agro-ecological transition, profitability, levers and obstacles for players in the school canteen goat milk value chain

Increasing the desirability of neglected indigenous foods

Integrated school nutrition models: bridging school gardening, feeding and nutrition education

Food systems transformation through school meals: 8 things

School meal programs in an era of food systems transformation: Innovations, opportunities and challenges

Planet-friendly school meals: bridging agrobiodiversity, nutrition & climate change

Understanding climate-smart nutritious food: the role of home-grown school feeding programs in creating demand