Food fortification, the addition of vitamins and minerals to foods to make them more nutritious, is proven to have long-lasting positive effects on people’s lives by reducing micronutrient deficiencies. No other technology offers as large an opportunity to improve lives at such low cost and in such a short time
Our food systems are bankrupting our health systems, accelerating climate change and using natural resources in an unsustainable way. Most people agree they need to be transformed to change this. But how? Food systems are complex and offer many entry points for change.
This session will look at practical proposals to advance the 9 food and nutrition commitment areas set out in the N4G Food system commitment framework and ask in particular, how business and other stakeholders can help governments better deliver solutions faster.
On 15 and 16 November 2019, GAIN will launch its second Student Challenge in collaboration with different Dutch higher educational institutions. For two days, 50 students will work in interdisciplinary teams to develop a solution to one of GAIN’s present-day projects.
The Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Global Gathering brings together all SUN Government Focal Points and representatives of their partners from civil society, donors, United Nations agencies, private sector partners, academia, media, parliamentarians.
Tailored for retailers, manufacturers and service providers, this event targets high-level representatives, including CEOs and senior executives. Attendees will include senior executives for whom sustainability and health & wellness are key issues.
The Nutrition Society in cooperation with The Nutrition Society Irish Section are pleased, as hosts, to invite to the 13th European Nutrition Conference, Federation of European Nutrition Societies (FENS) 2019 in Dublin, Ireland.
On Wednesday 9 October, GAIN together with Hivos and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will organise the "Impact breakfast: increasing commercial investments for nutrition in frontier markets".
The Milan Urban Food Policy Pact 5th Annual Gathering and Mayors’ Summit will be hosted in Montpellier on October 7-9, 2019. The gathering will be the opportunity to share initiatives and advancements towards the implementation of better food systems in cities.