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Promoting climate-resilient agriculture and food security through school feeding
Samrat Singh1, Irmgard Jordan2, Danny Hunter3
1School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK.
The Lancet. Planetary Health
|February 20, 2026
Summary
School feeding programmes, especially home-grown school feeding (HGSF), can boost climate-resilient agriculture by linking local food production with schools. This approach supports sustainable food systems and planetary health.
Area of Science:
- Agricultural Sustainability
- Climate Resilience
- Food Systems
Background:
- School feeding programmes are recognized as scalable platforms for improving human and planetary health.
- Home-grown school feeding (HGSF) models link local smallholder food production with school meals.
- The contribution of school feeding to climate-resilient agriculture remains unclear.
Purpose of the Study:
- To present a conceptual framework for understanding how school feeding drives agricultural sustainability and climate resilience.
- To identify policy and operational pathways connecting school feeding with local food systems.
- To inform interdisciplinary research for evidence-based national programmes.
Main Methods:
- Conceptual framework development.
- Interdisciplinary research synthesis.
- Analysis of policy and operational linkages.
Main Results:
- School feeding can be a key driver of local agricultural sustainability and climate resilience.
- Multiple pathways exist for school feeding to positively impact food production.
- A framework is proposed to guide future research and policy.
Conclusions:
- School feeding programmes, particularly HGSF, offer significant potential for enhancing climate-resilient food production.
- Further interdisciplinary research is needed to generate robust evidence for national programme development.
- Integrating school feeding with local agriculture supports both food security and environmental sustainability.
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