Our work on eggs
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
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.
Eggs for all
This factsheet describes the nutritional benefits of eggs for key target populations. Eggs are among the best food sources to improve diet quality in infants, as they contain nutrients which help brain development and physical growth.
Stop stunting: improving young children’s diets in South Asia
- Kathmandu, Nepal
To catalyse coordinated actions and large-scale improvements in the diets and feeding practices of young children in the region, SAARC and UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia (ROSA) are organising a regional conference on "STOP STUNTING: improving young children’s diets in South Asia".
GAIN Convening Paper Series 3 - Food systems for children and adolescents
The framework comprises a set of drivers, plus four determinants (food supply chains, external food environments, personal food environments, and behaviours of caregivers, children and adolescents), which together influence the diets of children and adolescents.
GAIN Working Paper Series 1 - The Baduta project in Indonesia
This paper describes an innovative behaviour change communication project, implemented as part of the Baduta project, including rationale and early impacts. Baduta was a multi-component project developed by the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), together with partners, to improve maternal and infant nutrition.
Supporting breastfeeding
This week is World Breastfeeding Week, honouring one of the most effective and cost-effective nutrition interventions around: human breastmilk contains all the nutrients needed for young infants, conveying health benefits for both babies and mothers.
Release of UNICEF-GAIN report on food systems for children and adolescents
In many parts of the world, children and adolescents do not receive the diets they need – in quantity, frequency, and quality – to survive, grow, and develop to their full potential.