Nutrition for Growth Paris 2025: Tracking Commitments to Large-Scale Food Fortification

Nutrition for Growth Paris 2025: Tracking Commitments to Large-Scale Food Fortification

- 23/03/2026

Ending hunger and malnutrition in all its forms is about more than securing enough food to survive – what people eat must also be nutritious. However, nutritious foods and, by extension, healthy diets are unaffordable and unattainable for vast numbers of families. Approximately 2.8 billion people worldwide – a third of the global population – cannot afford a diet with the minimum variety of food necessary to meet essential nutrition standards. This affordability gap is most acute in low-income countries, where up to 3 in 4 people lack the means for a nutritionally adequate diet.
Trade as a catalyst for expanding access to fortified food in ESA (East and South Africa)

Trade as a catalyst for expanding access to fortified food in ESA (East and South Africa)

- 20/02/2026

ESA countries began implementing food fortification in the 1990s, starting with salt iodization and gradually expanding to include additional food vehicles. Today, of the 26 countries covered, 21 countries have mandatory fortification of salt, 13 of wheat flour, 10 of edible oil and maize flour, and 5 of sugar.Despite this progress, micronutrient deficiencies remain widespread across Eastern and Southern Africa, with persistently high levels of iron, vitamin A, zinc, folate, and iodine deficiencies.
Hand in Hand, Data in Sight: How GAIN’s Digital Platform is Unlocking a New Era for Food Fortification in Nigeria

Hand in Hand, Data in Sight: How GAIN’s Digital Platform is Unlocking a New Era for Food Fortification in Nigeria

Every October, the world comes together to mark World Food Day, a moment to reflect on progress and renew our commitment to building food systems that nourish everyone. The 2025 theme, “Hand in Hand for Better Foods and a Better Future,” speaks to the power of collaboration. At GAIN Nigeria, we see this play out every day in our partnerships across governments, industry, and civil society. It is not just about what we do as an organization it is about what we achieve together. One powerful example of this is the Digital Fortification Quality Traceability Plus platform (DFQT+) platform, now transforming how fortified foods are monitored in Nigeria.
Strengthening Large-Scale Food Fortification Programmes in Rwanda

Strengthening Large-Scale Food Fortification Programmes in Rwanda

- 25/04/2025

This brief aims to 1. Describe the micronutrient malnutrition and LSFF programme context in Rwanda; 2. Identify challenges and opportunities to strengthen existing programs; 3. Provide practical, evidence-informed policy and programmatic recommendations; and 4. Catalyse multi-stakeholder collaboration to reduce micronutrient deficiencies.
GAIN MOZAMBIQUE’S PORTFOLIO

GAIN MOZAMBIQUE’S PORTFOLIO

- 01/01/2025

To address the triple burden on Mozambican’s Food system, GAIN in Mozambique is focused on innovative, scalable, and impactful initiatives aimed at identifying, updating, and disseminating legislation; developing businesses that produce and distribute safe and nutritious food; and implementing approaches to increase the demand and consumption of healthier diets by all Mozambicans
Manifesto for Accelerated Action Convening of Large-Scale Food Fortification Practitioners

Manifesto for Accelerated Action Convening of Large-Scale Food Fortification Practitioners

- 12/11/2024

Deficiencies in essential vitamins and minerals (micronutrients) cause devastating damage, particularly for children and women of reproductive age, resulting in increased risks of death, disabilities, more severe and longer-lasting illness, and compromised cognitive and physical development and performance and productivity of people and countries.