Home-grown School Feeding - A Framework to Link School Feeding With Local Agricultural Production
October 2013 Procurement Governance for Home Grown School Feeding KENYA.
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Transcript of October 2013 Procurement Governance for Home Grown School Feeding KENYA.
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• 30 Billion Dollar Investment
• 29 Million Children are fed in Africa
• Over 1 Million in Kenya
• Current Budget is over KES 2 Billion
• Over 50,000 children transitioned every year from
regular school Feeding to HGSF
• SNV baseline study did not find significant
involvement of SHF in this market
• Challenges both on procurement and supply sides
• SF still a big opportunity of eradicating poverty
alternative to aid
Some facts on school feeding
Project Purpose
26,000 smallholder farmers, at least
30% women, will get direct benefits
from selling products to
Home Grown School Feeding in
Ghana, Kenya and Mali
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The Interventions
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Matchmaking events
Grain Hub Business model
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Some achievements and Challenges encounteredAchievements
Awareness of the HGSF market by SHF & MOA
Revision of the procurement manual to be more SHF friendly
About 15 FBOs have been able to supply schools either directly or indirectly
Key stakeholders have started engaging each other on issues of HGSF
Challenges
Irregular funds disbursement resulting in inconsistencies of proc. cycles
Grain stock outs by FBOs; Grain available only a few months after harvest
Poor storage facilities and poor grain handling by SHF
Limited financial base for the SHF to trade all year round