📋 Tender Overview
PROJECT ID
110808
TOTAL FUNDING
CAD 999,900.00
PROJECT STATUS
Active
DURATION
42 months
Description:
Summary
The current model for supplying school canteens in Morocco is based on centralized tendering, which favors large intermediary companies, high-volume farms and the import of ingredients with low nutritional value. In addition to homogenizing meals on a national scale, this system leaves behind small, diversified farms - the driving force of local dynamism. This action-research project aims to transform school food in Morocco by relying on short circuits and the supply of local products from sustainable, agroecological agriculture. Its main objective is to improve the quality and regularity of school meals, while enhancing the sustainability of local farming systems. Deployed in the province of Séfrou, the project aims to scale up to a national application. It is based on a participatory approach through the establishment of a territorial dialogue platform promoting collective intelligence and social inclusion. The Ministry of Education through its division in charge of school feeding at national level and the Ministry of Agriculture through its Regional Directorate which covers the targeted province expressed their full support to the project and they were engaged in its design. Expected results include improvement in meal quality, support for agroecological practices, and strengthening of social inclusion in territorial development dynamics. Led by the Institut agronomique et vétérinaire Hassan II of Morocco, in collaboration with CIRAD (Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement) and other local partners, this 42-month project is part of the Catalyzing Resilient, Inclusive and Sustainable Procurement Systems for School Food (CRISP), a cohort of projects that aim to catalyze the adoption and scaling-up of regenerative, equitable and inclusive practices in school meal supply systems in Africa, with the ultimate goal of contributing to the agroecological transition of local and national food systems.
