Food system

SUN Global Gathering - Nourishing people and planet together

04 November 2019- 07 November 2019Kathmandu, Nepal

The Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Global Gathering brings together all SUN Government Focal Points and representatives of their partners from civil society, donors, United Nations agencies, private sector partners, academia, media, parliamentarians.

Our work on eggs

- 09/10/2019

GAIN works on supply and demand, as well as on changing incentives, rules and regulations to encourage production and consumption of nutritious and safe foods. We seek to understand and tackle barriers faced by small enterprises working to boost availability, affordability, desirability, and convenience of nutritious foods like eggs, especially for people on low-incomes.

Egg consumption in Africa: a big opportunity for African enterprises

- 09/10/2019

This factsheet highlights the vastly different levels of egg supply seen across African regions, selected African countries, and selected high-income countries. It discusses why eggs remain scarce and expensive in many low-income settings, including across much of Western, Eastern, and Middle Africa.

Food systems: the outrage deficit

I just completed a trio of meetings in Asia (TICAD), Africa (AGRF) and North America (UN General Assembly) all of which had a strong set of dialogues around food systems, asking how they need to be rebuilt to promote human health, rural livelihoods and planetary health.

6th Trade for Sustainable Development Forum

07 October 2019- 09 October 2019Geneva, Switzerland

The annual Trade for Sustainable Development Forum (T4SD) is one of the leading global events focused on major trends in sustainable value chains and voluntary sustainability standards. Organised by the International Trade Centre (ITC), the T4SD Forum will again take place in conjunction with the World Trade Organisation Public Forum, from 7 to 9 October 2019.

GAIN launches new website and brand guidelines

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) launched today a new version of its main website and refreshed brand guidelines. The changes are designed to better communicate its work on transforming food systems to deliver better nutrition for all, especially the most vulnerable to malnutrition.

Nutrition 2019

08 June 2019- 11 June 2019Baltimore, United States

At Nutrition 2019, 3600 of the top scientific researchers, practitioners, global and public health professionals, policymakers and advocacy leaders, industry, media and other related professionals will gather to advance nutrition science and its practical application.