The UN Food Systems Summit
The UNSG’s Special Envoy for the Summit, Dr. Agnes Kalibata invited GAIN’s Executive Director Dr. Lawrence Haddad to lead Action Track 1 (AT1) on Ensuring Access to Safe and Nutritious Food for All.
The Food Systems Dashboard
Supported initially by the Dutch Government and the Rockefeller Foundation and launched in the journal Nature Food in June 2020, GAIN, along with Johns Hopkins University, FAO, CIAT, the University of Michigan and Ag2Nut decided to create a platform that pulled together all the high-quality data available, organise it by food system component and make it easy to analyse, compare and visualise.
Reducing post capture fish losses in Indonesia - I-Plan
In 2018 GAIN began work in collaboration with the District Fisheries Offices of Indonesia’s Ministry of Maritime Affairs (MMAF) to develop the Indonesia Postharvest Loss Alliance for Nutrition (I-PLAN). I-PLAN aimed to improve the domestic supply of fish by reducing post-harvest losses.
Rising food and input prices, alongside ongoing contextual challenges, are putting pressure on food system SMEs
So how are small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) – which make up the bulk of the food system in low- and middle-income countries – coping with these challenges? A recent online survey by the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Business Network aimed to answer this question.
Transforming food systems and improving diets
Bonn, Germany, Germany
This joint event by the Center for Development Research (ZEF) and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) aims to discuss possible steps towards sustainable food system transformation with diverse stakeholders and a particular focus on transitioning to healthier diets by expanding access to safe and nutritious foods for those low-income consumers most vulnerable to malnutrition.
Progress in African Food Systems: What do the Data Say?
In anticipation of the 2022 AGRF, the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) and the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) have leveraged their existing partnership to produce this report to provide African leaders with cutting-edge data tools that can be employed to describe their nation’s food systems, diagnose the most urgent areas for action, and decide which evidence-based solutions best suit their needs.
Torrential rains in Bangladesh bring renewed urgency to calls for climate adaptation
Climate change is already wreaking havoc with food systems, undermining food security and nutrition for millions of people. Few countries will be affected more seriously than Bangladesh.
International Youth Day - Inclusion means more than just being heard
For International Youth Day 2022 GAIN spoke to Joyce Akpata, Head of Policy and Advocacy at GAIN Nigeria and Azeez Salawu, one of 30 youth leaders leading the global campaign Act4Food Act4Change representing Nigeria.