Training with Media for Social and Behavior Change - A Review

- 12/10/2020

This qualitative thematic analysis provides recommendations for planning, designing, delivering, and evaluating training programs that intentionally incorporate social and behavior change communication media interventions.

Perspectives on Food Safety - A Review of Ethnographic Studies

- 14/09/2020

This report examines prior research on food safety-related topics using ethnographic and related methods, then uses the results to glean insights for the design of EatSafe research and intervention activities.

‘If it isn’t safe, it isn’t food’: Building food safety into global food security efforts

Unsafe food and malnutrition can be twin threats to consumer health and create hurdles to achieving food security for consumers. Yet addressing these twin threats is vital to meet the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 2, a bold call to end hunger and all forms of malnutrition by 2030.

Staple Food Fortification - a commitment guide for the UNFSS and Tokyo N4G Summit

- 24/03/2021

The UN Food Systems Summit, UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) and Tokyo Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit will take place towards the end of 2021. All three events are key milestones on the road to recovery from the devastating impacts of the COVID 19 pandemic on food security and nutrition. The summits are also key moments to mobilize support for and prioritization of staple food fortification as a no-regrets, gamechanging intervention to fight disease and poverty among the world’s most vulnerable communities.

World Water Day: What does water mean to you?

Water is often described as a precious commodity, but it is so much more than that. It enables and sustains life. In households, schools and workplaces. Water can mean health, hygiene, dignity and productivity. In cultural, religious and spiritual places, water can mean a connection with creation, community and oneself. In natural spaces, water can mean peace, harmony and preservation.

Assessing Food Safety Interventions Relevant to Foodborne Zoonoses in LMICs

- 22/03/2021

This report highlights the multiple and complex factors involved in mitigating foodborne zoonoses in animal source foods sold at traditional markets in resource-poor settings.

Food Safety Education, Training, and Technology Interventions in Africa and Asia: A Review

- 01/03/2021

This review describes recent food safety interventions focused on traditional market settings and consumers who buy food there. Data was extracted from 19 and 23 articles from Asian and African countries, respectively.

Verifying laboratory performance and quality control in the context of micronutrient testing of fortified food - A guidance document

- 25/02/2021

This Guidance Document describes the various elements of quality management (QM) and quality control (QC) required in a laboratory setting. Many qualitative elements are required to analyse the various chemical parameters in food samples, particularly for micronutrient testing and for testing food safety and food quality substances.

GAIN Interview Cruncher: Response to COVID-19 from food systems angle

18 February 2021  Online Webinar, Global

On Thursday 18th February don’t miss the "GAIN Interview Cruncher- Response to COVID-19 from food systems angle" at 2pm CET. The webinar will host the experts to discuss the Keeping Food Markets Working initiative, what’s at stake and why this is so relevant in building our food systems forward better.