Requests for Proposals

Malnutrition remains a pressing global challenge, causing serious health problems and long-term socioeconomic impacts. Micronutrient malnutrition especially deficiencies in iron, iodine, vitamin A, zinc, and folate—affects nearly half of children under five and about a third of the global population. Large-Scale Food Fortification (LSFF) is a proven, cost-effective intervention that significantly improves nutrition, health, and developmental outcomes.

In Ethiopia, fortifying wheat flour and edible oil are key, cost-effective solutions to reduce micronutrient deficiencies among millions of women, children, and vulnerable populations. GAIN has strengthened partnerships with government institutions and engaged civil society, development partners, and the private sector through multi-stakeholder platforms to support implementation, monitoring, and coordinated action on national fortification efforts.
Building on this foundation, GAIN is seeking local advocacy partners to strengthen evidence-based advocacy and ensure sustained, meaningful action to reduce micronutrient deficiencies.

The purpose of this RFP is to engage services of a Service Provider and hire a full-time Consultant role for the Country Project Coordinator for end-to-end coordination and management of the ‘Youth Agrifood Innovation Challenge 2026, in Nigeria. For this purpose GAIN is issuing this opportunity whereby we will seek solutions that aim to improve accessibility and demand for fruits and vegetables and increase sustainable youth employment across fruit and vegetable value chains in Nigeria and also West Africa. 

Building on the existing design of the Innovation Challenge, the programme will integrate a gender-responsive and inclusive approach across all stages of the competition to ensure meaningful participation, leadership, and equitable benefits for all, across the food value chain. This platform enables GAIN and partners to highlight the critical linkages between healthier diets and also sports performance, with a finale` culminating at the youth Olympics to be held in 2026 in Dakar (Senegal), while positioning nutritious fruits and vegetables as essential to building healthier, more resilient young people. It also offers an opportunity to elevate youth entrepreneurship in the agrifood sector and underscores the potential for meaningful job creation across fruit and vegetable value chains; from production and processing to distribution and retail, across Nigeria and West Africa. Through showcasing, storytelling, athlete and youth innovator engagement, investor meets and targeted communications, this platform can raise awareness on how youth-led solutions are advancing food systems transformation in west Africa.