Scaling up innovation for a Fortified Future

30 June 2021Online Webinar, Global

Understanding and addressing these gaps along the fortification supply chain is critical to ensure the quality and safety of fortified products in the food system. This requires accessing and managing information/data along the fortification value chain to trace quality from production to consumption. 

Fortifying our Impact - industrial fortification and biofortification as complimentary interventions to fight malnutrition

10 June 2021Online Webinar, Global

Ending hunger and malnutrition in all its forms (including undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies, overweight and obesity) is about more than securing enough food to survive: what people eat - and especially what children eat – must also be nutritious.  Yet a key obstacle is the high cost of nutritious foods and the low affordability of healthy diets for vast numbers of families.

Thinking regionally about industrial food fortification

29 April 2021Online Webinar, Global

Globally 86 countries have legislation to mandate fortification of at least one industrially milled cereal grain. Different fortification requirements between nations may create some practical difficulties for intercountry trade.

Fortifying the supply chain – addressing premix challenges

07 April 2021Online Webinar, Global

Food fortification is one of the safest, most effective and affordable ways to help consumers meet recommended daily intakes of micronutrients.

Transforming food systems and investing in Nutrition for Growth - staple food fortification and the role of the private sector

03 March 2021Online Webinar, Global

Global food systems are powered by private sector investment and entrepreneurs, micro, small, medium, and large. Staple food fortification is an extremely effective, low-cost, food systems intervention with enormous potential to reduce micronutrient malnutrition across large populations.

GAIN, HarvestPlus launch commercialisation of biofortified crops programme in Nigeria

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) and HarvestPlus have launched the Commercialisation of Biofortified Crops (CBC) Programme in Nigeria to significantly increase access to biofortified seeds, grains, and foods via commercial channels in Africa’s most populous country.

Reaching the most vulnerable with fortified foods - consolidating gains in salt iodization, edible oil and biofortified crops

27 January 2021Online Webinar, Global

Moderated by prominent author, journalist and advocate with the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Roger Thurow, this webinar will focus on success stories to demonstrate how these interventions can have a multiplier effect in reaching those most at risk of being left behind.

The Commercialisation of Biofortified Crops Programme

- 24/11/2020

The Commercialisation of Biofortified Crops (CBC) Programme was launched in 2019 to address widespread hidden hunger in Africa and Asia by significantly expanding the reach of foods and food products made with biofortified staple crops.

Dairy: nutrient rich foods for the family

- 23/11/2020

GAIN seeks to understand and tackle barriers faced by small enterprises working to boost availability, affordability, desirability, and convenience of nutritious foods like milk, especially for people on low-incomes and population sub-groups who stand to benefit from greater consumption of nutrient-dense foods, such as children.