Sustainable School Feeding Network (RAES)

The Sustainable School Feeding Network (RAES) is a strategy of the Brazil-FAO International Cooperation in school feeding, developed by the Government of Brazil, through the Brazilian Cooperation Agency (ABC/MRE) and the National Fund for Educational Development (FNDE/MEC), with the support of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

The RAES was a response of these Brazilian institutions to the United Nations Decade of Action for Nutrition (2016-2025), promulgated by the UN General Assembly in 2016 following the recommendations of the Second International Conference on Nutrition, held in Rome in 2014. The Decade documents the commitment of world leaders to adopt national policies to eradicate hunger and malnutrition and to transform of food systems in favour of nutritious diets and access to healthy food for all people.

From the “Joint declaration of commitment to advances in school feeding policy in Latin America and the Caribbean”:

* Items listed in bold and italics particularly support Sustainable Food Systems:

Collaboratively define and build a regional school feeding agenda that contributes to the development of the priority themes of the School Feeding Programmes (SFPs) at the national level, especially regarding to:
– Financing national programmes;
– Expanding student coverage;
* Ensuring participatory governance;
* Promoting healthy diets;
* Implementing food and nutrition education (FNE);

– Providing adequate environments for food storage, preparation, and provision;
* Implementing and strengthening of local public procurement from family farming;
* Enhancing SFPs’ role in building more inclusive and resilient agrifood systems to tackle climate change challenges;

– Addressing other themes defined by RAES member countries.

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