The document outlines an action plan for Ghana's national school feeding programme with the objectives of securing funds, fighting hunger and malnutrition, increasing school enrollment and attendance, enhancing local agricultural production, and institutionalizing social accountability. It identifies Ghana's existing legal, policy and institutional frameworks and recommends actions like preparing a legal framework, strengthening collaboration between ministries, advocacy, and exploring additional funding sources. The plan emphasizes improving the programme's management, financial operations, and collaboration between stakeholders to better implement homegrown school feeding and build government and community capacity.

1. Action Plan for Ghana
Draft document – working document
Impressions/Findings Visit Existing in Ghana Objectives Actions Responsible
to Brazil
Legal and Policy framework Ghana Shared Growth and Secure funds for the national school Prepare a legal framework (School
Strong comprehensive legal Development Agenda feeding programme Feeding is an Investment in Human
and institutional (GSGDA 2010 – 2013) Capital) Right to Food
framework for food and Fight hunger and malnutrition (MDG
nutrition security and Technical Assistance Plan – 1) • Strengthen the link between
school feeding TAP school feeding and small farmers
Increase school enrollment, • Strengthen inter-sectoral
Food is a right (the Human School Feeding Policy attendance, retention (MDG 2) approach: collaboration among
Right to Adequate Food is (being developed) relevant ministries
included in the Constitution Enhance domestic agricultural • Advocacy: awareness raising of
as a social right) Nutrition Policy (Awaiting production (increase food the executive and legislative
Cabinet Approval) production, farmers’ income and powers
School Feeding as an food quality) • Mobilize civil society
investment (x expenditure) FASDEP II/CAADP Pillar III organizations
– prevent school evasion, (METASIP) Institutionalize social accountability • Consultations at all levels
contribute to fight hunger, concerning the need for a legal
increase learning Ghana School Feeding Promote school gardening to framework
performance Programme Document enhance nutrition
Strong political will and (2007-2010) Some highlights for the law:
commitment in all three
federative levels (federal, Strong Political Will and • Include purchase from small
state, municipality) Commitment farmers
• Discuss the possibilities of linking

2. Involvement of different Multi-sectoral approach to school feeding with other existing
sectors (agriculture, health, the implementation of GSFP social protection interventions
education, finance, • Structure/Operations/Institutional
environment) at different Arrangements/Source of Funding
levels (federal, state and etc
municipality) • Role of Nutritionist
• Coverage (Who & Where)
• Scope
Impressions/Findings Visit Existing in Ghana Ob jectives Actions Responsible
to Brazil
Financial capacity Budget Line for School - Secure the expansion of  Discuss the modalities of
Feeding from GoG budget for homegrown financial sustainability and
school feeding extent of community
Public investment – not an Support from WFP participation in homegrown
expenditure - Increase resource school feeding
Support from other NGOs - mobilization (from  Strengthen financial
Financial involvement in PCD, SNV etc development partners, mechanisms to enhance
different levels private sector, others) accountability in the
implementation of
Sharing responsibilities - Improve the management homegrown school feeding
between states and system and financial
municipalities operations  Organize an advocacy
workshop to promote the
idea of “school feeding as an
Legal framework is able to investment”
secure sources of funds for  Produce advocacy materials
the programme and Media outreach
 Organise field visits for DPs

3. Strong government in order to solicit for funds
commitment is reverted in  Explore the possibility of
significant investments special levies / contributions /
donations to support School
Feeding
Impressions/Findings Visit Existing in Ghana Objectives Actions Responsible
to Brazil
Institutional framework Programme Steering Improve the collaboration between Strengthen the Programme Steering
Committee different stakeholders in home Committee ( Capacity building)
National Food and Nutrition grown school feeding
Security Council – CONSEA Establishment of a National Periodic Technical Committee
School Feeding Secretariat Build government (central and Meetings (Bi – Monthly)
Interministerial Chamber decentralized) and community
for food and nutrition District/ School capacity to implement homegrown Improve information sharing
security - CAISAN Implementation school feeding (horizontal and vertical)
Committees
School feeding is integrated Strengthen the local level activities
in a food and nutrition (DICs, FBOs, SICs, Caterers) –
security system Trainings, Workshops, Seminars,
Exchange Visits, Monitoring etc.

4. Impressions/Findings Visit Existing in Ghana Objectives Actions Responsible
to Brazil
Design and Feed children in selected To reduce poverty and improve Organize refresher training for
Implementation public primary schools with food security government officials and other key
one hot nutritious meal on stakeholders in the implementation
Nutritionist is mandatory every school day with Increase enrolment, of the school feeding programme
for the programme locally produced food attendance and retention
implementation – Define and communicate roles and
established by law Feeding is targeted mostly Reduce short term hunger and responsibilities to key stakeholders
at deprived communities malnutrition on school feeding from central to
Need to local level
strengthen/consolidate Feeding of the children is a Boost domestic food production
awareness of the content of decentralized activity Improve data collection and
the school feeding law in information management system
the implementation Service providers are
process contracted to provide food Strengthen National Food Buffer
to pupils using at least 80% Stock Company operations with the
Formalized link to of locally produced SFP ( Training, exchange visits,
agriculture – school feeding foodstuffs seminars, etc)
as local market
opportunities for family WFP also providing one hot Establish nutritional standards for the

5. farmers nutritious food to schools in SFP
the deprived regions
Diversified menu – healthy Strengthen the links between P4P
and adequate food + Linking small farmers to and school feeding
use/introduction of family service providers (Caterers)
farmers’ products (fresh is being studied Increase utilization of smallholder
food delivered at school – farmers produce
promotion of diversification Ghana Education Service
of meals) transports WFP food to the Expedite the development of M&E
schools systems at all levels
Important level of
development of family Five ministries are involved
farmers´ productive and and being coordinated by
organizational capacity MLGRD
(access to credit with grace
period, cooperatives, Technical assistance Plan –
processing possibilities) TAP
Focus on more structured M& E System is being
family farmers developed at the national
level for all levels
Quality is a priority at the
purchase from Food and Drugs Board
smallholders` farmers or ensures the food safety at
school feeding the schools
Social accountability
component – school feeding

6. council + food and nutrition
security council
District/Municipality level
Presence of nutritionist

7. Different modalities of
implementation
Local food included in the
menu
Impressions/Findings Visit Existing in Ghana Objectives Actions Responsible
to Brazil
Community Participation Community participation is Enhance social accountability Prepare a strategy for sensitizing
not formalized (some communities
School Feeding Council – communities support the Enhance ownership of the
accountability and actual cooking, kitchens programme at the local level Strengthen school level activities
reporting (institution of construction, provide fuel, (Training, workshops etc)
control, transparence, condiments, water, etc)
supervision, monitoring at Strengthen collaboration with
local level) District/School independent civil society organization
Implementation
Social accountability Committees
component – school feeding
council + food and nutrition
security council