School meals in the 21st century: Key evidence gaps and future directions
School meal programs are a widely implemented safety net with documented impacts across social protection, education, health and nutrition and high estimated returns to investment (Alderman et al., 2024). Globally, in 2022, these programs reached over 400 million children for a total investment of $...
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| author | Gelli, Aulo Bell, Winnie Bliznashka, Lilia Eustacchio-Colombo, Patricia Heirman, Jonas Jones, Eleanor Katundu, Mangani Khincha, Roshni Lerva, Benedetta Lombardini, Simone Schultz, Linda Scott, Samuel P. Wineman, Ayala School Meal Evidence Priorities Collaborators |
| author_browse | Bell, Winnie Bliznashka, Lilia Eustacchio-Colombo, Patricia Gelli, Aulo Heirman, Jonas Jones, Eleanor Katundu, Mangani Khincha, Roshni Lerva, Benedetta Lombardini, Simone School Meal Evidence Priorities Collaborators Schultz, Linda Scott, Samuel P. Wineman, Ayala |
| author_facet | Gelli, Aulo Bell, Winnie Bliznashka, Lilia Eustacchio-Colombo, Patricia Heirman, Jonas Jones, Eleanor Katundu, Mangani Khincha, Roshni Lerva, Benedetta Lombardini, Simone Schultz, Linda Scott, Samuel P. Wineman, Ayala School Meal Evidence Priorities Collaborators |
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| description | School meal programs are a widely implemented safety net with documented impacts across social protection, education, health and nutrition and high estimated returns to investment (Alderman et al., 2024). Globally, in 2022, these programs reached over 400 million children for a total investment of $70 billion a year(Global Child Nutrition Foundation, 2024).
The School Meals Coalition (SMC) created in 2021 and involving 106 member countries, has brought momentum and new opportunities for school meals. Collaborative research activities by development partners from the SMC have included evidence generation, review and synthesis, and the identification of key research gaps on school meal programs.
This article provides the basis for a common research agenda to support evidence generation aimed at improving action on sustainable school meal programs. These evidence gaps were generated through a series of activities including evidence reviews, expert consultations and stakeholder workshops undertaken by SMC partners. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1795392026-01-09T02:10:37Z School meals in the 21st century: Key evidence gaps and future directions Gelli, Aulo Bell, Winnie Bliznashka, Lilia Eustacchio-Colombo, Patricia Heirman, Jonas Jones, Eleanor Katundu, Mangani Khincha, Roshni Lerva, Benedetta Lombardini, Simone Schultz, Linda Scott, Samuel P. Wineman, Ayala School Meal Evidence Priorities Collaborators school feeding investment sustainability cost analysis nutrition School meal programs are a widely implemented safety net with documented impacts across social protection, education, health and nutrition and high estimated returns to investment (Alderman et al., 2024). Globally, in 2022, these programs reached over 400 million children for a total investment of $70 billion a year(Global Child Nutrition Foundation, 2024). The School Meals Coalition (SMC) created in 2021 and involving 106 member countries, has brought momentum and new opportunities for school meals. Collaborative research activities by development partners from the SMC have included evidence generation, review and synthesis, and the identification of key research gaps on school meal programs. This article provides the basis for a common research agenda to support evidence generation aimed at improving action on sustainable school meal programs. These evidence gaps were generated through a series of activities including evidence reviews, expert consultations and stakeholder workshops undertaken by SMC partners. 2026-01-08 2026-01-08T19:05:16Z 2026-01-08T19:05:16Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/179539 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Gelli, Aulo; Bell, Winnie; Bliznashka, Lilia; Eustacchio-Colombo, Patricia; Heirman, Jonas; et al. 2026. School meals in the 21st century: Key evidence gaps and future directions. IFPRI Working Paper. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/179539 |
| spellingShingle | school feeding investment sustainability cost analysis nutrition Gelli, Aulo Bell, Winnie Bliznashka, Lilia Eustacchio-Colombo, Patricia Heirman, Jonas Jones, Eleanor Katundu, Mangani Khincha, Roshni Lerva, Benedetta Lombardini, Simone Schultz, Linda Scott, Samuel P. Wineman, Ayala School Meal Evidence Priorities Collaborators School meals in the 21st century: Key evidence gaps and future directions |
| title | School meals in the 21st century: Key evidence gaps and future directions |
| title_full | School meals in the 21st century: Key evidence gaps and future directions |
| title_fullStr | School meals in the 21st century: Key evidence gaps and future directions |
| title_full_unstemmed | School meals in the 21st century: Key evidence gaps and future directions |
| title_short | School meals in the 21st century: Key evidence gaps and future directions |
| title_sort | school meals in the 21st century key evidence gaps and future directions |
| topic | school feeding investment sustainability cost analysis nutrition |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/179539 |
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