Home-grown school feeding: assessment of a pilot program in Nepal

• Main Authors: Rachana Manandhar Shrestha (Author), Pepijn Schreinemachers (Author), Mamta Gurung Nyangmi (Author), Manoj Sah (Author), Judy Phuong (Author), Shraddha Manandhar (Author), Ray-Yu Yang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The Nepal School Meals Program reached 600,000 schoolchildren in basic education in 2017 and plays a key role in the government's strategy to increase children's academic and nutritional outcomes. A large part of the program is implemented through cash transfers with sc...