Rapid Market Assessment Tool for Food Safety In Traditional Markets

- 26/07/2024

The FTF EatSafe activity sought to improve food safety in traditional markets, adopting a systems approach and a focus on consumer demand. Traditional markets in LMICs are complex spaces at the core of food systems. Traditionally neglected, they are now recognized as key food environments where most people in LMICs procure their food, and where consumer demand meets supply chains.

Leveraging Consumer Demand to Drive Food Safety Improvements in Traditional Markets – An Activity Implementation Guide

- 24/07/2024

Feed the Future's Evidence and Action Towards Safe Nutritious Food (EatSafe) aimed to increase consumer demand for safe, nutritious foods in traditional food markets in Nigeria and Ethiopia. This document details recommended approaches for implementing activities aimed at enhancing food safety in traditional markets through demand-driven behavior change, drawing on insights and lessons learned from EatSafe’s activities in these countries.

Leveraging Consumer Demand to Drive Food Safety Improvements in Traditional Markets: FTF EatSafe’s Research & Implementation Results.

- 26/07/2024

Improving food safety in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), particularly in the traditional markets where most consumers shop, is crucial for advancing nutrition, health, and other development goals. Feed the Future’s (FTF) Evidence and Action Towards Safe, Nutritious Food (FTF EatSafe) activity aimed to stimulate and leverage consumer demand for safer food to drive improvements in food safety in traditional markets.

Food Safety Training Manual for Vendors in a Traditional Vegetable Market

- 26/07/2024

Feed the Future’s EatSafe: Evidence and Action Towards Safe, Nutritious Food (FTF EatSafe) aimed to boost consumer demand for safe, nutritious foods in traditional markets in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), specifically Nigeria and Ethiopia. Utilizing a two-phased approach, FTF EatSafe's Phase I combined global evidence with local situational analyses to understand the context, and Phase II involved designing, testing, and implementing interventions to empower consumers. Insights from formative research guided the development of interventions, including the Vendor Training Initiative in Hawassa, Ethiopia. The Vendor Training Initiative, piloted in the Aroge Gebeya market in Hawassa

GAIN Working Paper n°43-Political Economy for Food System Pathways: A New Decision Toolkit

- 18/09/2024

Political economy dynamics—that is, conflicts and trade-offs across different interest groups that play an important role in the food system—permeate many decisions about food systems policy and implementation. Development practitioners working in the food systems space—inclusive of agriculture, nutrition, and environmental policies—need to be aware of these dynamics to be able to support policy advocacy, development, and implementation.

Infographic: Navigating Climate Change - Impacts on Health and Nutrition

- 10/09/2024

Environmental factors impact human health and nutrition through various pathways, and these impacts can be felt disproportionately by already vulnerable groups like women and children.