Business Engagement at UNFSS+4: The Experience of GAIN supported MSMEs (Interview with Max)
The Second United Nations Food Systems Summit Stock take (UNFSS +4) which held 27–29 July 2025 in Addis Ababa, co‑hosted by Ethiopia and Italy – closed with a powerful reaffirmation of political will, partnership, and accountability in support of sustainable, inclusive, and resilient global food systems transformation. It brought together 3,500+ participants, 145+ national delegations and 700+ non-state actors. Participants from governments, civil society, producers, youth, Indigenous Peoples, academia, and the private sector gathered for Plenary sessions, High-level Panels, Ministerial Roundtables, Investment Dialogues, and Stakeholder-led constituencies.
THRive Together: Advancing Nutrition Resilience Through Community Delivery Systems
The Take-Home Ration (THR) component of India’s Supplementary Nutrition Programme, the world’s largest flagship supplementary feeding programme under POSHAN 2.0 and Saksham Anganwadi, is a key intervention to improve the nutrition of children 6-36 months, adolescent girls, pregnant women, lactating mothers. THR has evolved over the years to ensure it provides adequate amount of daily and protein for children and PWLMs, with recent updates emphasizing macro- and micronutrient profiles and limiting added sugars, salt, preservatives, and synthetic additives.
Media Urged to Champion Nutrition Agenda Amid Surge in Diet-related Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs)
Senior editors and nutrition media champions met in Nairobi on Friday for a Media Roundtable on Nutrition Education and Advocacy, jointly hosted by the Ministry of Health and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) Kenya.
Mozambique: Nourishing rural markets with fresh and safe food supplies
Chimoio, Mozambique – A white Hino truck rattles under its own weight on the bumpy road, while its tires throwing particles of dust from the asphalt in the air from the district of Cantandica, Manica province, central Mozambique.
A Recipe for Impact? Using End-User Surveys to Understand the Impact of Nutrition-focused Investment
Investing in companies that support nutritious food value chains could be a triple win for farmers’ livelihoods, their nutrition, and that of the end consumers of their products – but how do we know it actually works? Over the past few months, the Nutritious Foods Financing Facility (N3F) has been working with our first few investees and the leading impact-measurement specialist 60 Decibels to try and find out.
Rwanda Is Embracing A Food Systems Approach To Improved Prosperity
- 11/09/2025
While Rwanda has made notable progress in recent decades on areas linked to improved prosperity such as growth in agricultural production and poverty reduction,rates of malnutrition remain a public health concern, particularly among vulnerable groups like young children.
I-CAN Playbook: Integrating Nutrition into Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)
- 09/09/2025
I-CAN presents a new playbook offering step-by-step guidance to embedding nutrition-sensitive ambition and action into nationally determined contributions (NDCs). Drawing on I-CAN experience support climate-nutrition integration in different countries, it highlights practical entry points, resources, and provides policy examples to create nutrition–climate win-wins across food systems, health, agriculture, and social protection. By aligning nutrition with climate goals, countries can strengthen food and health systems, advance progress on the SDGs, and pursue the Paris Agreement 1.5 °C target.
