School Fruit Scheme in Poland: A successful project

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School Fruit Scheme in Poland A successful
project
Monika Niewiarowska Agricultural Market
Agency Poland
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• Poland has been participating in the CAP School
  Fruit Scheme since its starting by the European
  Commission in school year 2009/2010

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Schemes budget in Poland

• Annual allocation from EU budget 9,2 mln EUR
• EU co-financing rate 75
• Source of national co-financing (25) national
  budget
• Total budget 12,297 mln EUR

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Our attitude in designing the scheme high
intensity to achieve the best results

• Target group focus on children at the age when
  eating habits are easily formed
• High frequency of distribution
• High duration in a school year
• Free of charge distribution
• Fruit and vegetable in each portion

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Beneficiaries

• Target group children in I III grades of
  primary schools
• Target group in 2012/2013 1,1 mln pupils

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Participants

• 2011/2012
• Primary schools 9 700 (70 of all primary
  schools)
• Pupils 891 000 (72 of target group)
• Suppliers 102
• Forecast for 2012/2013
• Over 10 000 primary schools
• Over 900 000 pupils

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Products distributed
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Fruit and vegetable portion
One serving consists of 1 fruit product and 1
vegetable product

• Child should receive each kind of fruits and
  vegetables at least twice in the semester

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• Since starting the School Fruit Scheme in
  2009/2010
• over 100 million
• of fruit and vegetable portions
• have been distributed to children already!

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Distribution

• Children receive fruits and vegetables
• at least twice a week
• (depending on the number of children enrolled to
  the Scheme in a given semester and funds
  available)
• during 10 weeks in a semester (20 weeks in a
  school year)
• free of charge

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Deliveries

• The organization of deliveries is decentralized
• (school chooses one of approved suppliers and
  signs an agreement on deliveries)
• Approved suppliers deliver fruit and vegetables
  to schools and apply for aid the most popular
  and convenient way of participation in the scheme
  for schools
• School has possibility to organize a portions of
  FV and apply for aid on its own option very
  rarely chosen by the schools

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Accompanying measures

• organized by schools participating in the scheme
• at least twice in each semester
• examples healthy cooking workshops, taking care
  of school gardens, visits at fruit and vegetables
  markets, competitions for children

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Communication measures
Posters
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• Brochure for pupils in a form of cartoon

• SFS Brochure

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• SFS website www.owocewszkole.org

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Does our scheme work?
YES, IT WORKS!
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Evaluation promising results!

• Increase of childrens knowledge about healthy
  diet
• Influence on lowering the barriers preventing
  children from eating F/V as schoolmates who
  dont eat F/V
• Positive influence on some dietary patterns of
  parents, especially their attitudes towards child
  nutrition

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• Significant increase in consumption of FV by
  children participating in the SFS (21 increase
  in comparison to not participating)

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Improvements and plans for future

• Extend the target group by younger children
• Keep high duration and frequency of distribution
• Develop accompanying measures
• Improve execution of budget and variety of
  products since current school year
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• Thank you for your attention!