Supporting Evidence-Based Food Decisions in Programmes: GAIN’s New Screening Tool for Nutrition, Food Safety, and Sustainability
Food choices play a dual role in shaping both human health and environmental sustainability. At the individual level, diets that lack diversity, fall short of essential nutrients, contain excessive amounts of foods high in sugar, unhealthy fats, and salt, or fail to meet food safety standards, and can have serious negative consequences for health (Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, 2025; World Health Organization, n.d.). At the same time, the ways food is produced and consumed affect the environment, —contributing to land degradation, freshwater depletion, climate change, and biodiversity loss (Crippa et al., 2021; Tilman et al., 2017). These environmental impacts, in turn, influence which foods are available, accessible, and affordable, and can alter the nutrient density of crops (Beach et al., 2019; Smith & Myers, 2018), reinforcing this close connection between our food choices and the environment.Story Two: Victoria Winyana, A Young Vendor Who Showed Resilience That Kept Her Business Moving
Vegetables For All Project – Uganda Impact Stories highlights how access to sustainable vegetable farming is transforming lives and communities in Uganda.Story Three: Rose Nabasirye Shapes Meals, Shapes Lives
Vegetables For All Project – Uganda Impact Stories highlights how access to sustainable vegetable farming is transforming lives and communities in Uganda.Story Four - Jamada Nduga, The Supplier Behind Every Fresh Plate
Vegetables For All Project – Uganda Impact Stories highlights how access to sustainable vegetable farming is transforming lives and communities in Uganda.100 Million FullCare Tablets and Counting: A Milestone for Maternal Nutrition in Bangladesh
We are thrilled to share a major milestone in Bangladesh’s journey to improve maternal nutrition: more than 100 million Multiple Micronutrient Supplement (MMS) tablets, marketed under the brand name “FullCare”, have been sold since the launch of the country’s first locally produced UNIMMAP-formulated MMS.Story One: How A Market Stall Became A Wellness Classroom
Vegetables For All Project – Uganda Impact Stories highlights how access to sustainable vegetable farming is transforming lives and communities in Uganda.A New Small Fish Restocking Model Projects 20x Production Improvement in Indonesia
As an archipelagic nation, Indonesia ranks third globally in fisheries and aquaculture production. Despite these abundant, nutrient-rich aquatic resources, the country still faces significant malnutrition challenges stemming from insufficient intake of protein, micronutrients, and essential fatty acids. In 2021, the average per capita fish consumption in Indonesia reached 25.33 kg, notably lower than Malaysia (52.7 kg), a nation with fewer resources (KKP, World Population Review). This disparity highlights the gap between resources availability and dietary outcomes.Uganda at the Table: Accelerating Food Systems Transformation
Bite the Talk EP 28
In this episode, host Mark Gachagua and Damali Ssali, the Country Director for GAIN Uganda, explore…
Gender Analysis of Food Systems Policies:Supporting gender responsive policies and policy development processes in Nigeria.
- 22/12/2025
Nigeria’s food systems are critical for national development, yet women face deep-seated gender inequalities that restrict their participation, productivity, and access to resources, significantly hindering overall food security. Achieving a resilient and equitable food system requires moving beyond genderneutral rhetoric towards intentional policy shifts, fostering inclusive governance, and investing in gender equity across the entire food system. Prioritise equitable access to productive resources, strengthen women’s leadership in decision-making, enhance gender-disaggregated data systems, and champion community-led social norm change to build a sustainable food system where no one is left behind.