Deatri Arumsari Agung, Dan Li, Rodney Asilla, Adrino Mazenda, Ni Putu Wulan Purnama Sari, Minh-Hoang Nguyen, Quan-Hoang Vuong
This study aimed to examine the impact of various supply-sourcing strategies on the dietary diversity of school meal supplies. The Bayesian Mindsponge Framework was employed on a dataset of 126 government representatives who manage large-scale school meal programs among participating countries. Obtaining supplies in-kind from national sources and foreign purchasing had a significant positive association with dietary diversity in school meals/snacks, while in-kind supplies from other countries showed a negative association. Domestic purchasing showed an ambiguous association. Strategic supply-sourcing, e.g., domestic in-kind and foreign purchasing, significantly contributes to the dietary diversity of school meal supplies. © 2025 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Faculty of Business, Widya Mandala Surabaya Catholic University, Surabaya, Indonesia; College of Educational Science, Yan’an University, Shaanxi, Yan’an, China; Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, School of Public Management and Administration, University of Pretoria, Hatfield, South Africa; Faculty of Nursing, Widya Mandala Surabaya Catholic University, Surabaya, Indonesia; Centre for Interdisciplinary Social Research, Phenikaa University, Hanoi, Viet Nam; University College, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea