Political Economy Decision Toolkit: Anticipating Policy Bottlenecks to Food System Transformation

Food system transformation requires long-term commitment, but we live in a world of short-term political cycles and unforeseen crises that can deter momentum and reset policy priorities. Given that political economy dynamics can stymie efforts to implement food systems transformation agendas, GAIN has partnered with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) to develop a Political Economy Decision Toolkit that identifies possible bottlenecks ex-ante and utilizes different sets of strategies to overcome them. The Toolkit was informed by discussions with GAIN’s policy advisors across Africa and Asia and revolves around six main domains that can be applied to either a narrow food policy issue, such as expanding school meals programmes, or to a broader topic, such as implementing national food system pathways.

Global Child Nutrition Forum

09 December 2024- 12 December 2024Osaka, Japan, Global

School Meal Programs in an Era of Food Systems Transformation- 4 days of peer-to-peer exchange and technical workshops bringing together school meal program leaders from around the world.

Manifesto for Accelerated Action Convening of Large-Scale Food Fortification Practitioners

- 12/11/2024

Deficiencies in essential vitamins and minerals (micronutrients) cause devastating damage, particularly for children and women of reproductive age, resulting in increased risks of death, disabilities, more severe and longer-lasting illness, and compromised cognitive and physical development and performance and productivity of people and countries.

Integrating Nutrition into Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) 3.0

- 12/11/2024

Good nutrition is vital for planetary and human health. Nutrition action complements measures across food systems and health systems to support both mitigation and adaptation and increase community resilience. Unhealthy foods are more greenhouse gas intensive. Food and nutrition security is threatened by climate-related impacts on migration, conflict and livelihoods. Climate change exacerbates malnutrition in all its forms.