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Global Focus for Food Safety Turns to Improving Traditional Markets for Food
At the recent Codex Committee of Food Hygiene meeting that took place in late 2022, the Committee agreed to develop guidelines to improve food safety in traditional markets.
Reaching Lower-Income Consumers with Nutritious Foods - Get the Product Right, Market it Well, and Get it Out There
Given these complex motivations, as well as the other constraints that consumers on lower incomes often face, what can firms do to meet them? The BMR project undertook a systematic review of existing research and evidence to find out. It revealed a few core areas for focus: product, marketing, and distribution.
Story 8: Spiking food prices in Ethiopia put pressure on consumer access to nutritious foods
Read our eighth story in the series on The Food Crisis: What's Happening, a collection of work on the current events and the impact communities are seeing on a global scale. The Food Crisis is affecting everyone socially, economically and nutritionally. Aster Zewdie, Senior Policy Advisor at GAIN Ethiopia, discusses the wide reaching ripple effect the economic crisis will have on Ethiopia, affecting the most vulnerable in society, and what actions need immediate attention.
As the dust settles from COP27, here’s how we can move forward actions for nutrition and the environment
For the first time in the history of COP, food systems were put centre stage in the climate negotiations. Different pavilions and events focused on crucial aspects of the complex food systems and climate interactions.
Story 7: Nigeria’s Food System Challenged by Conflicts, Climate Change and Economic Headwinds
Read our seventh story in the series on The Food Crisis: What's Happening, a collection of work on the current events and the impact communities are seeing on a global scale. The Food Crisis is affecting everyone socially, economically and nutritionally. Joyce Akpata, Head of Policy and Advocacy at GAIN Nigeria, discuss the wide reaching ripple effect the economic crisis will have on Nigeria, affecting the most vulnerable in society, and what actions need immediate attention.
Story 6: Floods are tipping Pakistan into a food crisis
Read our sixth story in the series on The Food Crisis: What's Happening, a collection of work on the current events and the impact communities are seeing on a global scale. The Food Crisis is affecting everyone socially, economically and nutritionally. Farrah Naz, Country Director at GAIN Pakistan, discuss the wide reaching ripple effect the massive flooding caused by the climate crisis will have on Pakistan, affecting the most vulnerable in society, and what actions need immediate attention.
Story 5: The Food Crisis in Bangladesh
Read our fourth story in the series on The Food Crisis: What's Happening, a collection of work on the current events and the impact communities are seeing on a global scale. The Food Crisis is affecting everyone socially, economically and nutritionally. Stella Nordhagen, our Senior Technical Specialist discusses the wide reaching ripple effect climate change will cause on out food systems and what actions need immediate attention.
Story 4: The Importance of Increasing the Resilience of Food and Nutrition Security to Climate Change
Read our fourth story in the series on The Food Crisis: What's Happening, a collection of work on the current events and the impact communities are seeing on a global scale. The Food Crisis is affecting everyone socially, economically and nutritionally. Stella Nordhagen, our Senior Technical Specialist discusses the wide reaching ripple effect climate change will cause on our food systems and what actions need immediate attention.