Marie Ruel SPECIAL EVENT Global Survey of School Meal Programs: Implications & Perspectives Co-Organized by Global Child Nutrition Foundation (GCNF) and IFPRI APR 10, 2019 - 09:00 AM TO 12:30 PM EDT

1. School meal programs as platforms
▪ Social transfers to poor families
▪ Nutrition & health (healthy food,
MN, education)
▪ Education – enrollment,
participation, learning
▪ Gender equity
▪ Agricultural production
Critical Input for achievement of
7 SDGs
- 1 No poverty
- 2 No hunger
- 3 Health
- 4 Quality education
- 5 Gender Equality
- 8 Decent work
- 10 Reduced inequalities