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Urban School Farming to Improve School Feeding: The Case of Nakuru Town, Kenya

Dick Foeken, Samuel Owuor, Alice Mwangi

Children Youth and Environments

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A survey was conducted in almost all primary and secondary schools in Nakuru Town, Kenya, to examine the extent to which school farming contributes to school feeding programs. The survey found that while school farming and feeding programs are common practice, school farming substantially contributes to school feeding programs in relatively few cases.