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The second ECOWAS Regional Technical Conference on Homegrown School Feeding (HGSF), held in Dakar from May 21–23, 2024, brought together around 120 participants from ECOWAS...

The paper emphasizes the need for sustainable financial solutions and collaborative efforts involving international financial institutions, donors and innovative financing schemes to bridge the funding gap and ensure...

The landscape of Home-Grown School Feeding (HGSF) programmes within the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) region has undergone significant evolution since the last assessment...

This publication aims to document recent trends – and strategic implications – with regards to the development of social registries and supporting digital information systems in the West and Central Africa...

WFP is a leader in promoting sovereign insurance products that can offer rapid finance to affected communities in the event of major disaster. By connecting climate and disaster risk financing...

Recognizing the pivotal role of Homegrown School Feeding in human capital development and economic growth, ECOWAS practitioners and partners commit to position HGSF prominently on the regional and Africa-wide...

This document shows how WFP’s global framework for food systems transformation is adapted to the context of the Western Africa region. This document shows how WFP’s global framework...

The summary offers lessons on School Health and Nutrition and Home Grown Schoool Feeding feeding into ongoing and future programmes. While the focus is West and Central Africa, the...

Highlights: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warn that acute food insecurity is likely to deteriorate further...

WFP is making climate risk insurance solutions work for food insecure populations. In 2021, WFP protected over 2.7 million people in 19 countries with climate...