How government-industry collaboration can improve worker nutrition in India

- 11/09/2024

Enhancing nutrition for India’s working-age population through workforce nutrition practices can yield numerous benefits, including improved well-being for workers and their families, better productivity, and a stronger economy. Key pillars include access to healthy food, breastfeeding support, nutrition health checks, and nutrition education.

The Importance of Healthy and Hygienic Food Streets in India

- 11/09/2024

This brief describes a Government of India initiative – the Healthy and Hygienic Food Streets (HHFS) programme that aims to make the country’s street food safer. It shares some of GAIN’s recent contributions to these efforts and provides some implications for national and state governments to consider.

Improving Access to Finance for Small and Medium-Sized Food Enterprises for a Better-Nourished Pakistan

- 04/09/2024

Pakistan’s many small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), including the large number involved in (nutritious) food supply, are held back by lack of access to adequate finance. Actions could be taken by government, private banks, and other finance providers to help resolve this critical capacity constraint.

Addressing Market Constraints Faced by Small and Medium-Sized Food

- 04/09/2024

In the context of the latest national SME policy “2021 SME Policy Pakistan”, and findings from a recent in-country survey executed by Entrepreneurship Development and Advisory Services (EDAS) and supported by GAIN, this brief, focuses on constraints in the market from supply- and demand perspectives facing SMEs. Its two sister briefs have been prepared using the most up-to-date research (conducted over the last 5 years) on ongoing issues faced by Pakistani SMEs, particularly food-related SMEs, to develop policy recommendations.

Macro-Policy and Regulation Change Can Better Nourish Pakistan

- 04/09/2024

In the context of the latest national SME policy “2021 SME Policy Pakistan”, this brief, focusing on the external macro policy and regulatory environment affecting SMEs, and its two related briefs have been prepared using the most up-to-date research (conducted over the last 5 years) on ongoing issues faced by Pakistani SMEs, particularly food-related SMEs, to develop policy recommendations.