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Table 1 Meal costs borne by the school for the pilot school meal program, in NPR/child/meal, 2017

From: Home-grown school feeding: assessment of a pilot program in Nepal

 

Food

Fuel

Cook

Transportation

Total

By school size:

 - Less than 50 children

13.42

1.98

17.81

0.26

33.47

 - 50 to 100

13.76

1.89

7.31

0.48

23.44

 - 100 to 150

13.28

2.08

6.36

0.59

22.31

 - More than 150

13.29

2.03

5.21

0.43

20.96

By modality:

 - Parents’ association

13.41

1.96

14.04

0.34

29.76

 - Catering

13.61

1.99

9.46

0.18

25.24

 - School managed

13.41

1.95

6.21

0.96

22.53

  1. Data source: Internal report of the Education Support Unit (WFP Nepal; March 2018) and data collected from schools and cooperatives