Local producers of kefir cooperated with the International McGovern-Dole Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program, and delivered a fresh product to schools. The local producers will have to decrease the volume of production as planned delivery of hundreds of thousands of liters of kefir to schools is cancelled.
Date: 9/25
Region: Europe & Central Asia
Country: Kyrgyzstan
Topic: Food & Farming
Policy Lens: Global Health Security
Additional Context: The International McGovern-Dole Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program, funded by the US Department of Agriculture, supported local dairy production and improvements to school learning environments through the construction and rehabilitation of facilities.
Source: Mercy Corps