Supplementary feeding programs

Additional benefits exist when supplementary feeding programs are linked to adequate care for children and prospective or new mothers at health centers. 

Supplementary feeding programs may have an urban bias because of the higher distribution costs associated with rural areas. 

Supplementary feeding programs. In-kind food programs intended to provide food to mothers and young children. 

The food-based programs covered in this section include food rations and other in-kind food transfers and supplementary feeding, school feeding, and emergency food distribution programs. 

In-kind food transfers. Provide additional resources to households by making food available when they need it most in the form of food rations, supplementary and school feeding programs, or emergency food distribution. 

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