Targeting School Feeding Programs at Vulnerable Sub-Groups

The intervention provides meals consisting of 1049 kcals of energy, 32.6 gm protein, and 24.9 gm fat per child per school day and meet at least two thirds of the child's daily vitamin and mineral requirements, including 99 percent of iron requirements. SFP delivers these nutrients in the form of a fortified corn-soy porridge around mid-morning and beans and maize meal or rice at lunch.

The rations provided in the intervention are equal in size and composition to the food received in the in-school feeding intervention, but are provided to households once per month.