Wednesday, April 1, 2026
School Gardens: Children Are Learning Hands-on Skills To Grow Their Own Food
Across schools in Zambézia and Nampula provinces, students are gaining hands-on agricultural skills through newly established school gardens. These gardens are not only learning spaces, but also vital sources of nutritious food that will contribute directly to daily school meals. The school gardens are expected to benefit 10,862 people across 20 schools in Nampula and Zambézia. With support from the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA-FAS), which provides essential commodities from American farmers and producers, such as rice, lentils, and fortified vegetable oil, the program is strengthening school feeding systems.
