GAIN Discussion Paper n°20 Integrating Gender Into Large-Scale Food Fortification for Greater Impact
- 04/09/2026
Large-scale food fortification (LSFF) is widely implemented to reduce micronutrient deficiencies at the population level. LSFF programmes involve an array of decision-makers and actors across the value chain. Understanding how gender norms, roles, decision- making power, and consumption patterns shape participation across the LSFF value chain can help identify opportunities to improve programme effectiveness, equity, and sustainability.
GAIN Working Paper n°76: Advocating for Workforce Nutrition
- 04/09/2026
Successful implementation of workforce nutrition programmes relies on gaining employer commitment; without it, activities cannot be adopted or sustained. Prior to the implementation of workforce nutrition programmes, employers must thus be brought on board with the approach. This paper draws on primary data from GAIN programme teams in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India, and Uganda to analyse the strategies and processes used to gain this employer buy-in, including which strategies were effective, what challenges arose, and the underlying reasons.
Closing the gap between Africa’s agri-farms and its plate: GAIN and AGRA strengthen partnership
Across Africa, agricultural production has grown steadily over the past few decades. Much of the continent’s yields from its food systems is strong. However, this growth has not converged on the plates of Africans into healthy diets. Millions of households still cannot access safe, affordable and nutritious food. There is a significant gap in what Africa grows and how Africa eats. With a renewed agenda to close this gap, the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) and the AGRA, on the sidelines of The Africa Food Systems Forum (AFSF), signed an LoI to make healthier diets more accessible, affordable, desirable and from more sustainable sources for all Africans.
Embedding Workforce Nutrition into Industrial Settings: Lessons from a Collaborative Pilot in Pakistan Can Workplace Nutrition
Embedding Workforce Nutrition into industrial settings can help workplaces move beyond simply providing meals towards creating healthier food environments. Drawing on a collaborative pilot in Hattar Industrial Estate, Pakistan, this blog explores how nutrition education, employer engagement and locally produced healthier snacks can support employee wellbeing.
Digitizing Payments Responsibly to Transform Food Systems – GAIN Joins Better Than Cash Alliance
GAIN’s membership in the Better Than Cash Alliance reflects the critical role of inclusive, equitable economic growth as a driver of food systems transformation.
GAIN Working Paper n°75: Unlocking New Markets for Tempeh-The Viability of Jack Bean-Based Products
- 24/08/2026
This paper assesses the potential of jack bean as a viable diversification strategy within Indonesia’s soybean-dependent tempeh industry. Such a change could address structural challenges including dependence on imported soybeans, exposure to global price fluctuations, and supply chain vulnerabilities. As a locally sourced, nutritionally competitive, and climate-resilient crop, jack bean offers an alternative protein source that could strengthen Indonesia’s food security and sovereignty. Given Indonesia’s large tempeh market, capturing even a small share represents a significant commercial opportunity.
GAIN Working Paper n°74: Improving Diet Quality in West Africa- The Role of Intra-regional Food Trade
- 20/08/2026
Food trade plays a significant role in shaping food security and nutrition worldwide, with both positive and negative implications for diet quality. This is particularly relevant in West Africa, where persistent challenges such as low dietary diversity and limited affordability of healthy diets coexist with rapidly changing food consumption patterns. Intra-regional food trade is especially important in this context, yet its scale and nutritional significance remain poorly understood due to the large share of trade that goes unrecorded in official statistics.
Jack Beans Thrive During El Niño Conditions
Jack bean offers Indonesia a practical, climate-resilient crop option at a time when El Niño, drought and rising climate variability are putting farmers, food security and agricultural systems under increasing pressure. Drawing on experiences from drought-prone regions across Indonesia, the blog highlights how jack bean continues to grow, flower and produce when crops such as maize, chili and soybean struggle or fail. Its deep roots, nitrogen-fixing ability, tolerance of poor soils and potential use in foods such as tempeh make it valuable for smallholder resilience, soil health, food diversification and reducing dependence on imported soybeans. The blog argues that Indonesia should give jack bean stronger policy, research, extension and market support as part of its climate adaptation and food security strategies.
Asian Venture Philanthropy Network (AVPN) Global Conference 2026
- Global
At AVPN Global Conference 2026 in New Delhi, GAIN will show how nutrition can be embedded across Asia’s food systems, investment strategies and development priorities — helping funders, investors and partners move from food production to better diets, stronger markets and more resilient communities.