ABSTRACT
In 2018, the United Nations System Standing Committee on Nutrition (UNSCN) finalized the discussion paper ‘Schools as a system to improve nutrition’ (UNSCN, 2018), with the invaluable support of several partners: FAO, WFP, UNICEF, WHO, IAEA as well as PCD, WB, BMGF, Bioversity International, and IFPRI. This chapter is a summary of that discussion paper and highlights the role of school gardens in the overall vision of schools as a system to improve nutrition. In addition, it sketches a few recent developments that are of interest for both school-based nutrition programmes and School Health and Nutrition (SHN) interventions, more specifically in the area of school gardens.
