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What does it take to build a food system that works for children, women, and communities in Kenya's most water-scarce landscapes? On 13th May 2026, researchers, government officials, community leaders, farmers, and educators came together at the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation (KALRO) headquarters in Nairobi to answer that question and to officially launch Kenya's Community of Policy and Practice (CoPP) for school feeding and regenerative agriculture.

What does it take to transform a school lunch into a catalyst for community resilience? In the semi-arid landscapes of Kenya's Kajiado County, the answer is taking root in the school farms, kitchen gardens, and women-led cooperatives emerging from a bold pilot programme reshaping how communities think about food, farming, and the future. On 14th May 2026, a field visit team travelled to Namanga, Kajiado County, to see the results for themselves.

Rwanda now provides school meals to almost 4.8 million students – one of the country’s most ambitious investments in education, nutrition, and child wellbeing. But as school feeding expands nationwide, attention is increasingly turning to a new question: how can these meals become more nutritious, more diverse, and more connected to Rwanda’s local food systems? These themes sat at the centre of a recent webinar, From Evidence to Action: School Feeding for Food Systems Transfo

What if the food needed to improve children’s diets is already available – but not being included in school meals? This question framed a recent webinar: School Meals and Food Systems in Ghana: Experiences, Progress, and Emerging Priorities, which brought together researchers, policymakers, and practitioners working across school feeding, nutrition, and agriculture.

Researchers from across Africa and the UK gathered in Rwanda to explore how school meals could help reshape food systems—and the results are inspiring.