Overview
This project aimed to provide an understanding of the current extent and status of school food provision and environments in Pacific Islands countries. Focused on better understanding the enabling policy environment, institutional and farmer capacity to better support the integration of local agriculture into school meals, it aimed to build partnerships to seek understanding and consensus on those country contexts that provide the ideal conditions for linking agriculture to school food provision for future research opportunities.
School meals programs based on home-grown models can serve as platforms for transforming food systems, while improving education quality.
Locally grown and procured food is a nutritious, healthy, and efficient way to provide schoolchildren with a daily meal while improving opportunities for smallholder farmers. New research was required to address the knowledge gaps and barriers that have been identified to date.
