Niger

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A young girl enjoying her school meal
Hadjara enjoys her meal from the school kitchen in the WFP Doumana Ara village, Maradi Region, Niger 16th November 2023
597K
Total children receiving school meals
3 Million
Children enrolled in primary school
22.9 Million
Total investment in school meals (USD)
Figures reflect the latest available data from the State of School Feeding Worldwide report, national reporting and global sources. Governments may update data more frequently, so values may differ from most recent national statistics. Reference year, source and further details are available in the School Meals Coalition Global Database.

National Commitments

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Declaration signed by the Ministry of Education
  • Strengthen the regulatory framework for school meals by adopting a National School Meals Strategy and a National School Meals Policy (December 2026).
  • Increase domestic financing for school meals by raising the dedicated budget annually by 5 percentage points, starting with the 2027 Finance Law.
  • Strengthen governance and coordination by establishing a multisectoral strategic committee that meets on a semi-annual basis from April 2026.
  • Expand programme coverage by ensuring school meals for at least 25% of public school students and achieving 100% coverage of boarding schools by 2030.
  • Promote home-grown school feeding by ensuring that 50% of school canteens adopt local models and that at least 70% of financial resources transferred to schools are used for local procurement by 2030.
  • Strengthen integrated health, nutrition, and hygiene support in schools, ensuring that 90% of students in schools with canteens benefit from integrated programmes by 2030.
  • Improve data, monitoring, and evidence-based decision-making by establishing a digital information management system by 2026. 
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