More than 100,000 schoolchildren in three countries will be served school meals sourced from local farmers over the next two years as part of a new joint program from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), World Food Program USA and Cargill.
The initiative will connect small-scale farmers in Honduras and Indonesia with WFP's school meals programs, building sustainable supply chains that deliver homegrown ingredients to create nourishing lunches for students. In Kenya, small-scale farmers strengthen their capacity to access stable markets. This approach not only provides the right nutrition for children, it also helps improve agricultural productivity and income potential for farmers.