Cross-cutting support for the Catalyzing Resilient, Inclusive and Sustainable Procurement for School Food initiative

About this project

School feeding is the largest public food procurement system in Africa, reaching more than 82 million children in 45 countries. Yet many school meals rely on imported, low-quality ingredients, while nutritious food produced locally does not reach children. At the same time, African farmers are increasingly adopting sustainable and climate-resilient practices but lack markets and incentives to sustain this agroecological transition. Women and other disadvantaged groups continue to face barriers that limit their participation and benefits in food systems. Public procurement has the potential to be redesigned to create multiple benefits for consumers, producers and the actors in between, linking school meal programs with inclusive and sustainable local food systems. The Catalyzing Resilient, Inclusive and Sustainable Procurement Systems for School Food (CRISP) initiative responds to this challenge by aiming to strengthen the evidence base for how school meal programs can source more effectively from local farmers, while also promoting resilience, inclusion and sustainability in local food procurement systems. This project will provide cross-cutting assistance to ensure that the initiative generates high-quality, policy-relevant knowledge. It will help the initiative better integrate gender equality and inclusion into research and practice; facilitate knowledge sharing and communication so that findings are accessible to decision-makers; foster peer learning and collaboration ac…

Published by

International Development Research Centre · Other public sector

Countries

Togo, Tanzania, Uganda, Tunisia, Ethiopia, Algeria, Burkina Faso, Malawi, Morocco, Senegal, Burundi, Zambia, Côte d’Ivoire, Benin, Kenya, Angola, Rwanda

Sectors

Research/scientific institutions

Focus

Gender equality · Main focusEnvironment · Also contributesClimate adaptation · Also contributes

Published by International Development Research Centre to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 1 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XM-DAC-301-2-110822-002.

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