CPF school nutrition initiative Eggs for Next Gen has expanded to 1,030 schools across Thailand, with 12 schools joining in 2026, Charoen Pokphand Foods said on October 16. The program combines support for school-based egg production with agricultural training, aiming to provide a continuing food supply rather than one-off meal donations.
Key Takeaways
- The program now covers schools in 74 Thai provinces.
- Schools receive poultry facilities, hens, feed and training to support ongoing production.
- Approximately 28 million eggs per production cycle is a target, not a reported output.
Table of Contents
- CPF school nutrition expansion builds local production
- Production target is separate from nutrition outcomes
- Conclusion
CPF school nutrition expansion builds local production
CPF’s 2026 school nutrition expansion is being carried out with the Charoen Pokphand for Rural Lives’ Development Foundation. Launched in 1989, Eggs for Next Gen helps participating schools establish their own egg production for school meals.
Support includes poultry houses, equipment, laying hens and feed. Students and teachers also receive technical knowledge covering animal health, farm management, sanitation, production planning and egg management.
Schools can use the eggs in meals and manage surplus production to generate revolving income for future production cycles. That structure gives the initiative a continuing operating model: facilities and training are intended to help schools maintain food production beyond the initial support.
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Students reached | More than 229,502 |
| Academic staff reached | 17,447 |
| Communities reached | 2,690 |
| Participants with disabilities | More than 523 |
Production target is separate from nutrition outcomes
CPF said the initiative targets approximately 28 million eggs per production cycle. Its announcement did not report actual egg output for the latest cycle or specify the duration of a cycle.
The company reported broad participation among students, academic staff and surrounding communities. Those figures describe the program’s reach; the announcement did not provide measured changes in children’s nutrition attributable to the initiative.
Kobboon Srichai, CPF’s head of corporate affairs and investor relations, described food security as access to safe, traceable and affordable food over time. The school program puts that approach into practice through local production and skills training, rather than food distribution alone.
Conclusion
With the expanded school network in place, the next operational benchmark is egg production against the stated per-cycle target. CPF did not give a timetable for publishing those results.
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