Local Procurement from Family Farming for the School Feeding Programme: The experience of Belize

By Food and Agriculture Organization This guideline outlines the step-by-step implementation of direct purchases from family farming for school feeding, considering the pilot implementation of the sustainable schools model in Belize within the framework of Mesoamerica Hunger Free AMEXCID-FAO programme. The document presents the benefits and challenges of the connection between school feeding and family farming; a brief context of food and nutrition policies and programs, public procurement mechanisms, agriculture and family farming status, and the school feeding initiatives in Belize; as well as general recommendations for the adequate design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of procurement from local family farming for the school feeding program component Product Details Publisher ‏ : ‎ Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (31 October 2022) Language ‏ : ‎ English Paperback ‏ : ‎ 60 pages ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9251362556 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-9251362556