GAIN Working Paper n°48-Improving Affordability of Nutritious Foods Through Packaging Innovations
Packaging can keep foods safe; help make them appealing, convenient, and long-lasting; and convey key information about them to consumers. At the same time, packaging is an important contributor to food system waste and a major driver of certain foods’ prices in LMICs. As such, it is a sector ripe for creative disruption as part of food system transformation – to ensure safe, nutritious foods can reach the consumers who need them, in affordable forms and with limited negative environmental impact. This paper has considered in detail three packaging innovations that could be used to make nutritious foods more accessible to lower-income consumers: single-serve packaging, reusable packaging, and selling products in bulk without individual packaging.
Bringing together new and established food systems leaders to strengthen food security and nutrition strategies in Indonesia
A recent high-level event co-hosted by the Center for Indonesian Policy Studies (CIPS) and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) brought together key stakeholders at Oakwood Suites Kuningan in Jakarta on December 10, 2024. This strategic discussion, which fostered collaboration among government, academia, and industry experts, aimed to contribute to addressing Indonesia's pressing food security and nutrition challenges.
Preserving Food and Profits in Kenya: Marikiti Cool Room Commissioned to Empower Traders and Reduce Food Waste
On 15th January 2025, the bustling town of Machakos in the lower eastern part of Kenya witnessed a transformative milestone in food systems in Kenya; the commissioning of the Marikiti Market Cool Room. This state-of-the-art facility was officially handed over by the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) to the County Government of Machakos in an event graced by H.E. Governor Wavinya Ndeti and GAIN Kenya Country Director, Ms. Ruth Okowa.
GAIN Working Paper n°46-Opportunities for repurposing waste products into nutritious foods
Reducing food waste represents an important opportunity for shrinking the environmental footprint of food systems and supporting planetary health – and if this waste can be repurposed into nutritious foods, then it could also be a benefit for nutrition and human health. To understand the opportunities for repurposing waste products or byproducts into foods, this paper presents a rapid analysis based on desk research and key informant interviews. The analysis considers byproducts across four categories: fruit and vegetable residues, seeds and seed residues, other plant byproducts, and animal byproducts. The assessment considered availability, potential uses, consumer acceptability, food safety, nutritional quality, and feasibility.
United Nations Biodiversity Conference - COP16
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At COP 16, governments will be tasked with reviewing the state of implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. Parties to the Convention are expected to show the alignment of their National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) with the Framework. COP 16 will further develop the monitoring framework and advance resource mobilisation for the Global Biodiversity Framework. Among other tasks, COP 16 is also due to finalise and operationalise the multilateral mechanism on the fair and equitable sharing of benefits from the use of digital sequence information on genetic resources.
Strengthening Food Rescue Efforts in Indonesia: A Pathway to Sustainable Food Security
This brief explains some key findings and recommendations from a recent roadmap report on FLW reduction produced by the Ministry of National Development Planning (BAPPENAS), with key partnerships from the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN). It highlights the crucial role of coordinated efforts in achieving the desired reduction in FLW and thereby mitigating its environmental and economic impacts.
Nutribike: The bike that goes further to enhance healthier diets in Pemba
One of the biggest challenges street vendors face in Pemba and other parts of Mozambique, is having to travel long distances by foot, reaching more customers. NutriBike is an intervention to solve the storage challenges faced by street vendors. It provides street vendors suitable equipment for preserving and transporting their products maintaining quality, as well as enabling them to cover longer distances and faster.
Webinar: COP28 – what does it mean for Nutrition in Emergencies Practitioners?
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During this coffee chat, the panel will unpack and demystify the COP and what it means for NIE practitioners.
ATACH Global Meeting: Transforming health systems in the face of climate change
- Madrid, Spain, Global
Building on the health outcomes of COP26, COP27 and COP28, particularly the Health Day, COP28 UAE Declaration on Climate and Health, the Global Goal on Adaptation, the Sharm-El-Sheikh Adaptation Agenda, and the Guiding Principles on Financing Climate and Health Solutions, members of the Alliance for Transformative Action on Climate and Health (ATACH) will convene to agree on how these outcomes should shape the priorities of the ATACH moving forward responding to country demands and promoting a better understanding of the barriers and opportunities to progress this important agenda. Members will also share experiences and expertise for building climate-resilient and low-carbon health systems.