A GAIN-led multi sectoral delegation took part in the 4th SANKALP African Summit in Nairobi, Kenya, in February. The event was attended by more than 900 delegates and over 60 speakers from the areas of investment, innovation and entrepreneurship.
This week sees the launch of the third global index and it provides a highly credible set of scores. The Access to Nutrition Index (ATNI) is one of the few independent science-based mechanisms to fame and shame the 22 biggest food and beverage companies on their efforts to improve nutrition through the marketing and formulation of their products.
Why we might be interested in reducing food loss and waste? To improve food security, to improve food safety, to reduce wasted resources and to increase profits along the food supply chain.
Food businesses are governed by many food laws and sometimes this doesn’t stand out as an enabling environment for trading in Kenya. Businesses are required to work with a multiple of regulators to ensure that they are compliant to food standards. The number of licences required to run a food business are many and all of them cost a fortune.
Postharvest losses of fresh tomatoes in Nigeria represent a significant waste of the resources used to grow this crop as well as a missed opportunity to supply nutrients to Nigerian consumers. This study sheds light on the nutritional benefits of dried tomatoes and shows how the nutrient content is affected by the various drying and storage methods used in Nigeria.
In this Learning Brief, the Postharvest Loss Alliance for Nutrition (PLAN) explores various business models for proximate processing that are being applied in other countries. This brief is meant to serve as a primer for Nigerian business owners interested in learning more about proximate processing and its potential applications for their business.
GAIN’s new Postharvest Loss Alliance for Nutrition (PLAN) addressed the Third All Africa Horticultural Congress (AAHC) at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture in Ibadan, Nigeria. The AAHC brings together actors from a variety of sectors working to improve African horticulture systems to “build synergies and unleash the underexploited potential of horticulture in Africa.”
This report discusses the challenges and opportunities in linking agriculture and nutrition in the face of negative impact of climate change on global hunger. As part of a concerted effort to overcome this silos between the two camps, this report presents initiatives across the world that showcases successful examples of bringing agriculture and nutrition together.
