School Milk and Fruit

 

AgroBRIDGES Good Practice Recording Template
SFSC Name: School Milk and Fruit
Author(s) Tomasz Bober, Anna Bialik, Katarzyna Kowalska
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Choose a primary theme that the Good Practice adheres to (three themes can be considered: Mutual benefits between primary producers and consumers
If relevant choose a secondary theme that the Good Practice adheres to
If relevant choose a tertiary theme that the Good Practice adheres to
EIP Practice Abstract Format:
Short summary for practitioners in English on the (final or expected) outcomes (1000-1500 characters, word count – no spaces).This summary should be as interesting as possible for farmers/end-users, using a direct and easy understandable language and pointing out entrepreneurial elements which are particularly relevant for practitioners. Research oriented aspects which do not help the understanding of the practice itself should be avoided.

Short description of the ‘Good Practice’: Organised under European Commission financed programme “Support for delivery of milk and dairy products for schoolars”.
The main objectives of the programme are related to the promotion of healthy nutrition and dairy consumption among pupils, not market regulation. Students have the opportunity to receive up to 250 ml of milk each day or certain dairy products at a reduced price within the programme. Furthermore, the programme allows for member state assign additional funding from the state budget thus letting reduce products’ price or even ensure them free of charge.
However it is a good example of SFSC: Farmers are encouraged to apply to the programme informing on volumes they can deliver to schools. After entering the programme farmers can directly deliver their produce to customers in schools for pre-defined prices. Pre-defined state prices are usually below market value

Final customers are students at Latvian schools, however, payments for deliveries are made by state. Upon agreement farmers deliver their produce to local schools themselves (it is very locally-driven programme in order to cut delivery distances to minimum).
Customers do not engage with farmers directly as well as they are not informed of price. State fills this role by managing overall programme and setting prices itself. In case of any complaints state may initiate quality control and other mechanisms to resolve issues.
Main results/outcomes of the activity (expected or final): farmers can directly deliver their produce to customers in schools, some kind of a lesson for farmers how to shorten supply chain and also for students that they can buy directly from farmers in future
Further information/Reference:
http://piensaugliskolai.lv/en/
Short summary for practitioners in native language on the (final or expected) outcomes (1000-1500 characters, word count – no spaces).
This summary should be as interesting as possible for farmers/end-users, using a direct and easy understandable language and pointing out entrepreneurial elements which are particularly relevant for practitioners. Research oriented aspects which do not help the understanding of the practice itself should be avoided.

Organizēts saskaņā ar Eiropas Komisijas finansēto programmu “Atbalsts piena un piena produktu piegādei skolēniem”.
Programmas galvenie mērķi ir saistīti ar veselīga uztura un piena patēriņa veicināšanu skolēnu vidū, nevis ar tirgus regulējumu. Studentiem ir iespēja programmas ietvaros katru dienu saņemt līdz 250 ml piena vai dažus piena produktus par pazeminātu cenu. Turklāt programma ļauj dalībvalstīm piešķirt papildu finansējumu no valsts budžeta, tādējādi ļaujot samazināt produktu cenu vai pat nodrošināt tos bez maksas.
Tomēr tas ir labs SFSC piemērs: lauksaimnieki tiek aicināti pieteikties programmai, informējot par apjomiem, ko viņi var piegādāt skolām. Pēc iestāšanās programmā lauksaimnieki var tieši piegādāt savu produkciju klientiem skolās par iepriekš noteiktām cenām. Iepriekš noteiktas valsts cenas parasti ir zemākas par tirgus vērtību

Gala klienti ir Latvijas skolu audzēkņi, tomēr maksājumus par piegādēm veic valsts. Pēc vienošanās lauksaimnieki paši piegādā savu produkciju vietējām skolām (tā ir ļoti vietēja virzīta programma, lai samazinātu piegādes attālumus līdz minimumam).
Klienti tieši nesadarbojas ar lauksaimniekiem, kā arī nav informēti par cenu. Valsts pilda šo lomu, pati vadot programmu kopumā un nosakot cenas. Sūdzību gadījumā valsts var ierosināt kvalitātes kontroli un citus mehānismus problēmu risināšanai.
Pearls, Puzzles, Proposals? Pearls: Customers do not engage with farmers directly . Puzzles: Pre-defined state prices are usually below market value Proposals: There is a potential to open this programme to other food groups. However, this model is very limited and more suited for selling excess produce.
What needs did the ‘good practice’ respond to? Fresh food, directly from farmers. Farmfood for students.
Methodology Used: Desk based.
Sector All Sectors
Actors/Stakeholders involved. Who are key actors in the supply chain AND who are key enablers of the process? Farmers, students, teachers. Public procurement
Is the good practice supported by an IT application? If yes please describe and collect the TRL The good practice is supported by an online platform as a main feature.
Media attachment (e.g. video link) or other attachment describing/depicting the Good Pratice

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-atiXOAMaSvVSzDInvCYEg

https://twitter.com/PiensAugliSkola

https://www.instagram.com/piensaugliskolai/
Key words Schools, farmers, consumers,
Additonal information for reporting purposes
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020
research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 101000788

 

 

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