School Feeding Programme
Basic Information
Country
Geographic area
Population group
Children
Programme Details
Programme objectives
To contribute to household nutrition and food security.
Government of Madagascar. n.d. Note Politique pour l’Elaboration du Plan National d’Action
en Nutrition 2012 – 2015. Antananarivo: Government of Madagascar. Accessed 11 November 2015.
<http://www.who.int/evidence/resources/policy_briefs/MADPolicybrief.pdf>.
Programme components
Food distribution; nutritional education; other health-related activities
Government of Madagascar. n.d. Note Politique pour l’Elaboration du Plan National d’Action
en Nutrition 2012 – 2015. Antananarivo: Government of Madagascar. Accessed 11 November 2015.
<http://www.who.int/evidence/resources/policy_briefs/MADPolicybrief.pdf>.
Start date
2007
Economic Policy Research Institute. n.d. Country profile: Madagascar. Cape Town: EPRI.
Accessed 11 November 2015. <http://epri.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/28-Madagascar.pdf>.
Conditionalities (if any)
School attendance
Coverage
237,000 beneficiaries or 6 per cent of school-attending children
World Food Programme. 2013. State of School Feeding Worldwide. Rome: WFP. Accessed 11
November 2015. <https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/13536/WFP_
StateofSchoolFeeding2013_web.pdf?sequence=1>.
Programme expenditure
USD3.5 million (MGA10.4 billion) was
the budget for the 2014–2015 school year.
World Food Programme. 2014. “Madagascar: le PAM soutient un programme national.” WFP website.
Accessed 11 November 2015. <http://fr.wfp.org/nouvelles/nouvelles-release/madagascar-le-pam-soutientun-
programme-national-cantine-scolaire>.
Targeting and eligiblity
Targeting methods
Categorical Targeting
Geographical Targeting
World Food Programme. 2013. State of School Feeding Worldwide. Rome: WFP. Accessed 11
November 2015. <https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/13536/WFP_
StateofSchoolFeeding2013_web.pdf?sequence=1>.
Targeted areas
1,250 primary schools in the south of the country
World Food Programme. 2014. “Madagascar: le PAM soutient un programme national.” WFP website.
Accessed 11 November 2015. <http://fr.wfp.org/nouvelles/nouvelles-release/madagascar-le-pam-soutientun-
programme-national-cantine-scolaire>.
Target groups
Children
Eligibility criteria
School enrolment
Coverage and other information
Type of benefits
Food
Payment/delivery frequency
Daily
World Food Programme. 2014. “Madagascar: le PAM soutient un programme national.” WFP website.
Accessed 11 November 2015. <http://fr.wfp.org/nouvelles/nouvelles-release/madagascar-le-pam-soutientun-
programme-national-cantine-scolaire>.
Benefit delivery mechanism
School canteens deliver the meals.
World Food Programme. 2014. “Madagascar: le PAM soutient un programme national.” WFP website.
Accessed 11 November 2015. <http://fr.wfp.org/nouvelles/nouvelles-release/madagascar-le-pam-soutientun-
programme-national-cantine-scolaire>.
Benefit recipients
Students
Minimum and maximum duration of benefits (if any)
Meals are delivered during the school year.
Government of Madagascar. n.d. Note Politique pour l’Elaboration du Plan National d’Action
en Nutrition 2012 – 2015. Antananarivo: Government of Madagascar. Accessed 11 November 2015.
<http://www.who.int/evidence/resources/policy_briefs/MADPolicybrief.pdf>.
Monitoring and evaluation mechanisms and frequency
An evaluation system developed by the World Bank and the WFP is
in place—the System Approach for Better Education Results (SABER).
World Food Programme. 2014. “Madagascar: le PAM soutient un programme national.” WFP website.
Accessed 11 November 2015. <http://fr.wfp.org/nouvelles/nouvelles-release/madagascar-le-pam-soutientun-
programme-national-cantine-scolaire>.
