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New publication | Environmental sustainability and school food procurement in LMICs
March 16, 2026
New publication | Environmental sustainability and school food procurement in LMICs
A new article has been published on environmental sustainability and school food procurement in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs):
Promoting environmental sustainability through school food procurement in low- and middle-income countries: critical reflections
Luana F. J. Swensson & Florence Tartanac
Frontiers in Nutrition
The paper reflects on the growing interest in“planet-friendly”and“sustainable” school meal programmes and explores the often underexamined procurement-related bottlenecks that countries face when attempting to operationalize environmental sustainability objectives through school feeding. In particular, it discusses challenges related to:
-defining environmental sustainability for food,
-translating sustainability objectives into procurement criteria and verification mechanisms, and
-managing trade-offs and synergies with existing social, economic, nutrition and health objectives—especially in LMIC contexts.
While the focus is on school food procurement, many of the reflections are relevant to broader public food procurement debates.
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