Publication: Nutrition Fuels Human Capital: Ghana's School Feeding Programme
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One important step in Ghana’s effort to develop its human capital was the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP). This multi-sectoral program, initiated in 2005, had multiple objectives: it was a nutrition program, an education program, and a social safety net. Ghana also linked the program to agricultural development, especially smallholder production, thus helping to create new markets for locally grown food.
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“Global Delivery Initiative. 2020. Nutrition Fuels Human Capital: Ghana's School Feeding Programme. © World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34210 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”
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