The World Food Programme of the United Nations recently released a report titled "Global School Food Supply 2022", which shows that with the active efforts of the international community and governments, the hunger problem of school-age children has improved in recent years. At present, school meals have benefited nearly 420 million children worldwide, an increase of 30 million compared to 2020, accounting for 41% of the total number of children in school. Due to multiple factors, the current global food security situation is not optimistic. According to relevant reports, approximately 345 million people worldwide are facing severe food insecurity, including 153 million children and adolescents. In order to ensure global food security, the United Nations General Assembly announced in 2016 that the period from 2016 to 2025 would be the "United Nations Decade for Action on Nutrition", with the basic food and clothing for minors and related social protection as important goals. Director of the Global School Meals Program Division of the World Food Programme, Bubano, stated that school meals play a crucial role in the global response to the food crisis, as in many countries, they may be the only meal for students on that day. Research also shows that school meals are of great significance for the physical and psychological growth of minors: they can increase students' enrollment and attendance rates by nearly 10% and effectively help children in poor countries overcome poverty and malnutrition. At present, the World Food Programme has collaborated with over 100 countries to develop sustainable national school feeding plans, and established the Global School Nutrition Meal Alliance in 2020. At present, the alliance has a total of 75 member countries, committed to ensuring that every child can enjoy nutritious meals in school every day by 2030. In the process of providing school nutritious meals, the World Food Programme collaborates with local small farmers and businesses to ensure food safety and smooth supply chains. The report shows that some low-income countries urgently need financial assistance for their school feeding plans. The proportion of school meals in low-income countries is only 18%, 4% lower than the pre pandemic level, while in developed countries, this figure is 61%. In some African countries, less than 10% of school children can receive free or subsidized school meals. Bubano called on donor countries to provide support as soon as possible and increase investment in these low-income countries. China has set an example for countries around the world in providing school meals. In 2011, China initiated the implementation of the Rural Compulsory Education Student Nutrition Improvement Plan, providing financial subsidies for rural school meals. At the end of last year, the Ministry of Education and seven other departments jointly issued implementation measures to further strengthen food supply management and fund utilization management. According to a survey conducted by the World Food Programme in 169 countries worldwide, China is one of the few countries in the world that simultaneously provides nutritious meals in both secondary and primary schools, with school meal supply ranking among the top. In addition, China has cooperated with the World Food Programme to assist in establishing school canteens or donating food in countries such as Benin and Liberia. (New News Agency)
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