"Nelson is among the more than 32,000 farmers across Haiti whose produce goes to the World Food Programme, a United Nations agency, for distribution to local schools. Together, the farmers feed an estimated 600,000 students each day. Their work is part of a shift in how the World Food Programme operates in Haiti, the most impoverished country in the Western Hemisphere."
"Their work is part of a shift in how the World Food Programme operates in Haiti, the most impoverished country in the Western Hemisphere. Rather than solely importing food to crisis-ravaged regions, the UN organisation has also worked to increase its collaborations with local farmers around the world. But in Haiti, this change has been particularly swift."
In Oanaminthe, the Foi et Joie school serves lunches sourced from local small-scale farmers such as Antoine Nelson, who sells beans, plantains, okra and papaya. More than 32,000 Haitian farmers provide produce to the World Food Programme, feeding an estimated 600,000 students each day. The World Food Programme shifted from importing food to increasing local procurement over the last decade, rising from no locally sourced school meals to about 72 percent, with a goal of reaching 100 percent by 2030. Local procurement of emergency food aid also increased significantly during the same period. Recent reductions in external aid pose new challenges to these efforts.
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