EU gives Hungary HUF 2 bn for school fruit and milk programme

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Hungary will receive nearly HUF 2 bn for healthier good for children as the EU school fruit, vegetables and milk scheme will resume for 2019-2020 with the start of a new school year.
Hungary will be given EUR 3.72 mn (HUF 1.23 bn) for fruit and vegetables and EUR 1.95 mn (HUF 645 mn) for the milk programme, the ninth and twelfth highest amounts respectively among the 28 member states.

The EU school scheme aims at promoting healthy eating and balanced diets through the distribution of fruit, vegetables and milk products while also proposing educational programmes on agriculture and good nutrition. More than 20 million children benefited from this programme during the 2017-2018 school year, representing 20% of children across the European Union.

Each school year, a total of €250 million is allocated to the scheme. For 2019-2020, €145 million were set aside for fruit and vegetables, and €105 million for milk and other dairy products. Although participation in the scheme is voluntary, all EU member states chose to participate, for either a section or all of the scheme. National allocations for EU countries taking part in the scheme for this school year were approved and adopted by the European Commission in March 2019. Countries can also top up EU aid with national funds.

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Member states can decide on the way to implement the scheme. This includes the type of products children will receive or the theme of the educational measures put in place. Nonetheless, the choice of products distributed needs to be based on health and environmental considerations, seasonality, availability and variety.

Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Phil Hogan, said: "Adopting healthy eating habits from a young age is important. Thanks to the EU school scheme, our young citizens will not only enjoy quality European products but also learn about nutrition, farming, food production and the hard work that comes with it."

Cover photo: MTI / Zoltán Máthé
This article is part of the work programme titled "The impacts of EU cohesion policy in Hungary - Present and Future" which is carried out by Net Média Zrt., the publisher of Portfolio.hu, between 1st April 2019 and 31st March 2020 with European Union financing. The views in this article solely reflect the opinions of the author. The European Commission as the funding entity does not take any responsibility for the use of information presented in this article.
 

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