World Food Day 2026
Innovation That Nourishes
Innovate today. Nourish tomorrow.
On World Food Day 2026, GAIN is exploring how innovation can help turn food systems ambition into better nutrition from stronger evidence and smarter data to new technologies, partnerships and businesses that help nutritious, safe food reach more people.
Better evidence is where better food systems begin.
Before we can improve diets, we need to understand what people are eating, which nutrients are missing, where food systems are falling short and where action can make the greatest difference.
Evidence & data
You cannot transform what you cannot see.
Food systems are complex. Better data can help make that complexity visible — revealing what people eat, which foods can provide the nutrients they need and where policies, programmes and markets may need to respond.
For GAIN, evidence is not the end point. Its value comes from helping governments, businesses and partners make clearer decisions and focus action where it can have the greatest nutrition impact.
From evidence to action
Three steps in the story
Understand what people eat
Better measurement helps reveal dietary patterns and provides a clearer picture of diet quality across different populations.
Identify where nutrition gaps exist
Evidence can help show which nutrients and foods matter most, where access is constrained and which parts of the food system need attention.
Turn insight into better decisions
Data becomes useful when policymakers, programme teams and other food-system actors can use it to target action, monitor progress and adapt.