Governmental Decree No. 456 validating the Strategy for the sustainable development of school feeding in the Republic of Tajikistan until 2027. Country/Territory Tajikistan Document type Date 2017 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development, Food & nutrition Keyword Policy/planning Food security Sustainable development Public health Poverty Risk assessment/management Public participation Subsidy/incentive School feeding Nutrition Special dietary uses Geographical area Asia, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA, Landlocked Developing Countries, North Asia Entry into force notes This Governmental Decree enters into force on the date of its official publication. Abstract The scope of this multi-sectoral Strategy for the sustainable development of school feeding in the Republic of Tajikistan until 2027 shall be to help the most vulnerable social groups ensuring provision of food to more than 70,000 primary schoolchildren in 2,000 schools in 52 districts most vulnerable to food insecurity. The Concept of School Feeding Improvement in general education institutions of the Republic of Tajikistan defines main goals, directions, tasks and mechanisms of implementation of the state policy of the Republic of Tajikistan in the sphere of school feeding development. Its implementation became the basis for the general assessment of the situation and development of further steps to ensure healthy nutrition, development of educational potential, ensuring food security, improving the welfare of the population, as well as ensuring socio-economic development of the country. The Strategy was developed on the basis of a general analysis of the current school feeding situation and defines goals, objectives, main directions for further development of the school feeding system, main stages of implementation, planned results and indicators, as well as the organization of monitoring and evaluation of the achievement of planned results. The Strategy envisages a gradual expansion of the school feeding system in general education institutions depending on the economic opportunities, social and demographic development of the Republic of Tajikistan and certain regions. The Strategy has been developed taking into account the possibility of providing free meals to children from poor families and partial co-financing of the cost of school meals for low-income families. The implementation of the Strategy and the national school feeding program based on its provisions should result in the formation of a modern school feeding sector in the Republic of Tajikistan. The provisions of the Strategy will be taken into account in the development and implementation of state programs in the field of education and social development, health care, development of the agro-industrial complex, improvement of the welfare of the population. Full text Russian Website base.mmk.tj