Kufuor to address UK MPs on school feeding programme

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor left Accra last night for a one-week visit to London, UK, to address a high level forum on the linkage between agriculture, nutrition and education.

A statement from his office said the forum will be hosted jointly by

the UK all Party Parliamentary Group on Agriculture and Food for Development, the Partnership for Child Development and Imperial College.

Former President Kufuor will outline the benefits of school feeding programmes to impoverished communities and the nation at large.

The event at the UK Parliament will be on Linking local agriculture, nutrition and education: Innovations to improve food security.

It said the forum aims to stimulate discussion on current innovations to improve food security and will specifically look at the need to link agriculture, nutrition and education interventions to benefit all, from farmers to families and school children.

Source: GBCNews