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The National Coordinator of the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP), Dr. Mrs. Gertrude Quashigah has said that the Government is committed to providing nutritiously balanced meal for pupils benefiting from the feeding programme.
She said, provision of nutritious meal is essential and remains the topmost priority of GSFP and the Government of Ghana.
She indicated that good meal does not only make children healthier and happier, but also improves their cognitive learning capacities.


Dr. Mrs. Quashigah said these when she addressed stakeholders at the official launch of the "Go For Soya Chunks" campaign in Accra. It was organised by the American Soybean Association (ASA) and the World Initiative for Soy in Human Health (WISHH) in collaboration with the YEDENT Agro Group of Companies.


The GSFP National Coordinator was speaking on the topic: "The Realised Benefits of the Introduction of Soya Meals in School Feeding Menus".

The event was to promote the Texturised Soya Protein (TSP) also known as Soya Chunk produced in Ghana from locally produced soya as the alternative source of protein for school and household meal preparation.

Dr. Mrs. Gertrude Quashigah who is a renowned international nutrition expert is credited for her visionary leadership in adopting the use of the Texturised Soya Protein in 2019 as an affordable and nutritious plant source with high protein for the preparation of school meals by the GSFP caterers.

She subsequently came out with the novel practical Nutrition and Innovation Training for GSFP Caterers with the support of the World Food Programme and technical support from the YEDENT Agro Group of Companies, Partnership for Child Development (PCD) and Women In Agricultural Development (WIAD) in 2019.


According to the National Coordinator of GSFP, her outfit embraced the TSP and made a strong recommendation for all caterers of the programme to adopt because she knew the enormous benefits the TSP/Soya Chunk could offer to the life and development of the school children.