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Home-Grown School Feeding Programme
Programme
Home-Grown School Feeding Programme
Country
Zambia
Geographic area
Sub-Saharan Africa
Previous programme name (if any)
Start date 2003 1
Programme objectives
To improve the learning outcomes of students by providing
meals at schools, preferably made from produce procured
from smallholder farmers. 1
Programme type
Conditional in-kind transfer
Programme components
Conditionalities (if any)
School attendance
Targeting methods
Geographical and categorical targeting.
Target areas
31 districts in eight provinces.
The districts targeted by the programme have high levels
of food insecurity, HIV infection, poverty and malnutrition and
low levels of educational achievement. The saturation principle
(covering all schools in the area) is employed in the targeted districts. 1,2
Target groups Primary-school students 3
Eligibility criteria Children must be enrolled in primary schools (grades 1–9)
within the districts targeted by the programme. 3
Eligibility reassessment (if any)
Type of benefits
Food
Amount of benefits
Students receive a daily meal of 100 grams of fortified maize.
The estimated cost of each meal is of ZMK520 (USD0.10), which implies
a transfer value of ZMK15,500 per month (USD3.12) to beneficiaries. 3
Payment/delivery frequency Daily 1
Benefit delivery mechanism The food is prepared and delivered at schools. 3
Benefit recipients
Students
Minimum and maximum
180 days of the school year 3
duration of benefits (if any)
Coverage 890,000 children in 2,200 schools (2015) 4
Programme expenditure ZMW8.8 million or USD9 million (2014) 4
Institutions and agencies involved World Food Programme (WFP); Ministry of General Education 1
Monitoring and evaluation
mechanisms and frequency
The most recent evaluation of the programme
was carried out by the WFP in 2011. 3
See the references on page 196: Home-Grown School Feeding Programme
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