School Feeding Programme
Basic Information
Country
Geographic area
Population group
Children
Programme Details
Programme objectives
To prevent child malnutrition, improve school attendance and promote nutrition education in schools
Home Grown School Feeding. 2013. “Linking Nutrition to agriculture through School Feeding”.CAADP Nutrition Workshop, SADC, Gaborone, 9–13 September 2013. Accessed 11 November 2015. <http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/wa_workshop/PPT_SA/DAY2_Ps1_HGSF2.pdf>.
Start date
2012
Home Grown School Feeding. 2013. “Linking Nutrition to agriculture through School Feeding”.CAADP Nutrition Workshop, SADC, Gaborone, 9–13 September 2013. Accessed 11 November 2015 <http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/wa_workshop/PPT_SA/DAY2_Ps1_HGSF2.pdf>.
Conditionalities (if any)
The meals are served at school; therefore, school attendance is the implicit conditionality of the programme
Botswana Institute of Development Policy Analysis. 2013. Botswana National Primary School Feeding Programme: A Case Study. Gaborone: BIDPA. Accessed 11 November 2015. <http://hgsf-global.org/en/bank/downloads/doc_download/290-botswana-nsfp-final-report>.
Coverage
430,690 beneficiaries (2012/13).
Tesliuc, C. et al. 2013. “Botswana - Social Protection.” Social Protection & Labor Discussion Paper- Africa Social Safety Net and Social Protection Assessment Series, No. 1405. Washington, DC: World Bank. Accessed 11 November 2015. <https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/18968/890030NWP0P132085260B00PUBLIC001405.pdf>.
Programme expenditure
BWP485 million or 0.4 per cent of GDP (2012/13).
Tesliuc, C. et al. 2013. “Botswana - Social Protection.” Social Protection & Labor Discussion Paper- Africa Social Safety Net and Social Protection Assessment Series, No. 1405. Washington, DC: World Bank. Accessed 11 November 2015. <https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/18968/890030NWP0P132085260B00PUBLIC001405.pdf>.
Targeting and eligiblity
Targeting methods
Categorical Targeting
Botswana Institute of Development Policy Analysis. 2013. Botswana National Primary School Feeding Programme: A Case Study. Gaborone: BIDPA. Accessed 11 November 2015. <http://hgsf-global.org/en/bank/downloads/doc_download/290-botswana-nsfp-final-report>
Targeted areas
Nationwide
Botswana Institute of Development Policy Analysis. 2013. Botswana National Primary School Feeding Programme: A Case Study. Gaborone: BIDPA. Accessed 11 November 2015. <http://hgsf-global.org/en/bank/downloads/doc_download/290-botswana-nsfp-final-report
Target groups
Children
Eligibility criteria
School enrolment in government primary and secondary schools.
Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme. 2011. “Social protection in Botswana - a model for Africa?”. Frontiers of Social Protection Brief, No. 9, March 2011. Johannesburg: RHVP. Accessed 11 November 2015 <http://interactions.eldis.org/sites/interactions.eldis.org/files/database_sp/Botswana/Vulnerable%20Group%20Feeding%20Programme/VGF%201.pdf>.
Coverage and other information
Type of benefits
Food
Amount of benefits
One meal per day is provided, except for children in Remote Area Districts (RADs), who receive a second meal, and for boarders at secondary schools, who are provided three meals a day. Since 2003 the menu has included the local staple cereal (sorghum), beef and some imported food items. From 2008 onwards, seasonal agricultural produce from local farms has been provided. Secondary school menus also include vegetables and funa (orange) drink.
Home Grown School Feeding. 2013. “Linking Nutrition to agriculture through School Feeding”. CAADP Nutrition Workshop, SADC, Gaborone, 9–13 September 2013. Accessed 11 November 2015. <http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/wa_workshop/PPT_SA/DAY2_Ps1_HGSF2.pdf>.
Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme. 2011. “Social protection in Botswana - a model for Africa?”. Frontiers of Social Protection Brief, No. 9, March 2011. Johannesburg: RHVP. Accessed 11 November 2015 <http://interactions.eldis.org/sites/interactions.eldis.org/files/database_sp/Botswana/Vulnerable%20Group%20Feeding%20Programme/VGF%201.pdf>.
Payment/delivery frequency
Daily.
Home Grown School Feeding. 2013. “Linking Nutrition to agriculture through School Feeding”. CAADP Nutrition Workshop, SADC, Gaborone, 9–13 September 2013. Accessed 11 November 2015. <http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/wa_workshop/PPT_SA/DAY2_Ps1_HGSF2.pdf>.
Benefit delivery mechanism
The meal is delivered in schools.
Botswana Institute of Development Policy Analysis. 2013. Botswana National Primary School Feeding Programme: A Case Study. Gaborone: BIDPA. Accessed 11 November 2015. <http://hgsf-global.org/en/bank/downloads/doc_download/290-botswana-nsfp-final-report>.
Benefit recipients
Students.
Home Grown School Feeding. 2013. “Linking Nutrition to agriculture through School Feeding”. CAADP Nutrition Workshop, SADC, Gaborone, 9–13 September 2013. Accessed 11 November 2015. <http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/wa_workshop/PPT_SA/DAY2_Ps1_HGSF2.pdf>.
Minimum and maximum duration of benefits (if any)
The programme runs for a total of 185 days a year, except in remote areas where extra meals are provided.
Botswana Institute of Development Policy Analysis. 2013. Botswana National Primary School Feeding Programme: A Case Study. Gaborone: BIDPA. Accessed 11 November 2015. <http://hgsf-global.org/en/bank/downloads/doc_download/290-botswana-nsfp-final-report>.
Monitoring and evaluation mechanisms and frequency
District Commissioners supervise the school feeding programme through the district-based Department of Food Relief Services (DFRS).
Botswana Institute of Development Policy Analysis. 2013. Botswana National Primary School Feeding Programme: A Case Study. Gaborone: BIDPA. Accessed 11 November 2015. <http://hgsf-global.org/en/bank/downloads/doc_download/290-botswana-nsfp-final-report>.
