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Ghana School Feeding Programme
Programme
Country
Geographic area
Ghana School Feeding Programme
Ghana
Sub-Saharan Africa
Previous programme name (if any)
Start date 2005 1,2
Programme objectives
To achieve food security by providing public primary school students
with one hot meal per day, usually procured from local farmers. 1
Programme type
Conditional in-kind transfer
Programme components
GSFP is one of Ghana’s strategies for achieving the Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs) on hunger, poverty and primary education. 1
Conditionalities (if any)
School attendance
Targeting methods
Categorical targeting
Target areas
Nationwide
Target groups
Children
Eligibility criteria
Enrolment in public pre-primary and
primary schools and school attendance. 2
Eligibility reassessment (if any)
Type of benefits
Food
Amount of benefits One hot meal made from locally produced foodstuffs 2
Payment/delivery frequency Daily 2
Benefit delivery mechanism
Meals are delivered at schools.
Benefit recipients
Public school children
Minimum and maximum
Meals are distributed daily throughout the school year. 2
duration of benefits (if any)
Coverage
1.7 million children—39 per cent of students registered
in public pre-primary and primary schools (2014). 2
Programme expenditure GHS165 million (2014) 2
Institutions and agencies involved Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development; Ministry of
Food and Agriculture; Ministry of Finance; Ministry of Health; Ministry
of Women and Children’s Affairs; Ministry of Education; Ghana Education
Service; World Food Programme (WFP); Government of the Netherlands 1
Monitoring and evaluation
mechanisms and frequency
See the references on page 170: Ghana School Feeding Programme
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