WHA76 Side Event - Initiative on Climate Action and Nutrition (I-CAN)

25 May 2023Geneva, Switzerland

This high-level event is being held in the sidelines of the 76th World Health Assembly advances the Initiative on Climate Action and Nutrition, which officially launched at the 2022 Global Climate Conference (COP27). 

GAIN Discussion Paper Series 13 - The case for increased investment in food systems infrastructure in low and middle income countries

- 13/04/2023

This paper discusses the critical importance of expanding 'food systems infrastructure' as a necessary pre-condition for improving access to healthy and sustainable diets in low- and middle-income countries. It proposes a tractable definition of food systems infrastructure, highlights deficits that have yet to be addressed, and lays out a generic way forward to accelerate infrastructure accumulation.

Dairy Sector Innovation: a surprising win-win for nutrition and environmental sustainability in Pakistan

The pressing need to improve environmental sustainability and resilience became manifest in Pakistan in 2022, when severe floods destroyed crops across two-thirds of the country’s food basket, contributing to surging food prices, lost incomes, and increased poverty and driving over 14 million people to be in need of emergency food assistance.

Averting a Hunger Catastrophe: Ensuring Food & Nutrition Security by 2030

21 March 2023Online, Global

Global conflicts, drastic climate change, economic slowdown among other factors have led to a food crisis of a humongous nature. According to a report of the World Food Programme, as many as 828 million people go to bed hungry every night.

B20 - Global Dialogue on Food Systems Transformation

20 April 2023- 21 April 2023India

The Global Dialogue on Food Systems Transformation is being held on April 20-21, 2023, with the objective of engaging industry stakeholders in G20 countries to shape the future of food systems and showcasing implementation models for food system transformation.

Taking a step back: The benefits of reflection for improved performance

Sometimes in our workplaces, we disagree with colleagues or a co-worker, and we feel hurt or angry about the situation. Rather than reacting irresponsibly, taking the time to pause, review and reflect on the situation can help us gain more clarity and perspective. 

GAIN Discussion Paper Series 12 - Inequity in access to healthy foods

- 23/03/2023

The review demonstrates that designing policies to holistically address underlying drivers of inequity would require data disaggregated at the level of relevant social groups, with adequate geographic granularity, as well as qualitative data from the perspectives of affected people spanning food environments, socioeconomic information, and the food security, nutrition, and health issues that policies target.

Entrepreneurs bring new ideas for inclusive transformation of Bangladesh’s food system

It was just before the start of the Grand Finale of Food Frontiers 2.0, a business pitch competition sponsored by the Scaling Up Nutrition Business Network (co-convened by the World Food Programme and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)) in collaboration with GAIN’s Business Model Research project, Bangladesh Agricultural University, and the National Association of Small and Cottage Industries of Bangladesh.

How to eat to nourish people while protecting the planet

New research, published today in The Lancet Planetary Health, suggests the planetary health diet does not provide enough essential vitamins and minerals to nourish the global population. This is even more evident when looking at women of reproductive age (15–49 years) who have increased iron requirements due to menstruation. The planetary health diet provides just 55% of recommended iron intakes for this population.

The Economic Times Asian Business Leaders Conclave

21 March 2023Online webinar, Bangladesh

GAIN's Executive Director, Lawrence Haddad will feature in a panel discussion: "In Conversation: Averting a Hunger Catastrophe: Ensuring Food & Nutrition Security by 2030" with Simon George, President of Cargill South Asia and Session Chair: Basanta Kumar Kar, former Country Director of GAIN Bangladesh and fondly known as the Nutrition Man of India