- 26/10/2021
EatSafe conducted a focused ethnographic study to examine perceptions, knowledge, and experience related to food safety among consumers and traditional food market vendors in Birnin Kebbi, Nigeria.
- 09/08/2021
Understanding the rapidly changing situation for vendors in traditional markets and the consumers that rely on these markets can provide vital information for determining what is needed to ensure the availability of affordable, safe, nutritious food during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- 30/06/2021
EatSafe evaluated the regulatory and policy landscape for food safety in Nigeria at the national and regional levels, which included an assessment of existing regulations and resulted in recommendations for strengthening implementation.
- 22/06/2021
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues to disrupt life around the world, with a toll on human lives and economic activities. Its rapid global spread has affected millions of people already vulnerable to food insecurity and malnutrition due to the effects of conflict and other disasters.
- 06/06/2021
The COVID-19 pandemic is a multiplier of vulnerability, compounding threats to food security and nutrition (FSN) while exposing weaknesses in food systems. In response, the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) developed the Keeping Food Markets Working (KFMW) programme to provide targeted support to help sustain core food systems.
- 13/04/2021
EatSafe conducted a Story Sourcing activity, or the semi-formal process that uses journalistic techniques to gather stories directly from the audience of interest, to gather stories from traditional food market vendors in Birnin Kebbi, Nigeria.
- 07/04/2021
GAIN and partners, including the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Business Network (co-convened by the World Food Programme (WFP)), undertook a survey of food system SMEs in Nigeria in October/November 2020, aiming to assess the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated control measures on their businesses and their support needs.
- 24/03/2021
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is disrupting the world as we know it, with a heavy toll on human lives and economic activities. Its rapid global spread is threatening to affect millions of people already made vulnerable by food insecurity, malnutrition and the effects of conflict and other disasters.
- 18/03/2021
This Situation Report—the fifth in a series—finds that COVID-19-related control measures continue to have an impact on food systems in 10 countries where GAIN works: Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rwanda and Tanzania.
- 17/12/2020
This document is an Addendum to the Global Options Paper, Weathering the Pandemic to Build Back Better: Options for Supporting SMEs in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. The Global Options Paper is a rapid review and analysis of the challenges facing agri-food SMEs.