Nutritious Food Foresight: twelve ways to invest in good food for emerging markets

This report addresses a critical issue of our time – how can we exploit new ideas and new technology to nourish and feed a growing world, and do it sustainably? Working on food systems reform, it is easy to underestimate the speed of change around us. But the reality is that even in the remotest corners of the globe, the drivers of food systems change are making their presence felt with storm-like force.

Food Tank Summit

03 October 2018  New York, United States

The NYC Food Tank Summit examines how we can scale out solutions already working to prevent loss and waste by bringing together the world’s thought leaders including funders, academics, food businesses, celebrity chefs, farmers, food journalists, researchers, activists, and more.

Using ethnography in implementation research to improve nutrition interventions in populations

‘Implementation research in nutrition’ is an emerging area of study aimed at building evidence‐based knowledge and sound theory to design and implement programs that will effectively deliver nutrition interventions. This paper describes some of the basic features of ethnography and illustrates its applications in components of the implementation process.

Food Tank Summit – Focusing on Food Loss and Waste

13 September 2017  New York, United States

Food Tank hosted the summit titled "Focusing on Food Loss and Waste", on 13 September 2017. Bonnie McClafferty, GAIN’s Director of Agriculture for Nutrition, spoke about the disconnect between diet, public health, and nutrition.

1st All Africa Postharvest Congress and Exhibition

28 March 2017 - 31 March 2017  Nairobi, Kenya

The event, whose theme was “Reducing Food Losses and Waste: Sustainable Solutions for Africa”, discussed challenges and opportunities in the postharvest management sector in Africa and developed concrete plans for post-harvest food loss and waste reduction in.

4th African SANKALP meeting

23 February 2017 - 24 February 2017  Nairobi, Kenya

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.

The 2018 Access to Nutrition Index and the need for a "charter for responsible food and beverage companies"

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.

Food loss and food waste in Sub-Saharan Africa: a critical and welcome review from Megan Sheahan and Chris Barrett

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 control systems in Kenya; the journey of compliance for food businesses

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.

What factors affect the nutritional value of dried tomatoes?

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.