Mitigating the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on food and nutrition of schoolchildren

This joint note intends to provide government decision makers, school administrators/staff and partners with preliminary guidance on how to support, transform or adapt school feeding (in the short term) to help safeguard schoolchildren’s food security and nutrition during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Specific recommendations are provided according to the various target groups involved in school feeding. An additional section is focused on the case of homegrown school feeding.

Resource Info

Resource Type

Manual/Handbook/Guide

Published

Published by

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), World Food Programme (WFP)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Topic(s)

Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Food and Nutrition