Micronutrient Forum 7th Global Conference (MNF)

28 September 2026- 01 October 2026Global

The world is confronting interconnected challenges that shape nutrition outcomes, including climate change, food systems disruption, mounting financing pressures, conflict, and displacement. Against this backdrop, the Micronutrient Forum’s 7th Global Conference brings together the global nutrition community in Accra, Ghana and online from 28 September to 1 October 2026.

GAIN Discussion Paper n°20 Integrating Gender Into Large-Scale Food Fortification for Greater Impact

- 04/09/2026

Large-scale food fortification (LSFF) is widely implemented to reduce micronutrient deficiencies at the population level. LSFF programmes involve an array of decision-makers and actors across the value chain. Understanding how gender norms, roles, decision- making power, and consumption patterns shape participation across the LSFF value chain can help identify opportunities to improve programme effectiveness, equity, and sustainability.

GAIN Working Paper n°76: Advocating for Workforce Nutrition

- 04/09/2026

Successful implementation of workforce nutrition programmes relies on gaining employer commitment; without it, activities cannot be adopted or sustained. Prior to the implementation of workforce nutrition programmes, employers must thus be brought on board with the approach. This paper draws on primary data from GAIN programme teams in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India, and Uganda to analyse the strategies and processes used to gain this employer buy-in, including which strategies were effective, what challenges arose, and the underlying reasons.

Closing the gap between Africa’s agri-farms and its plate: GAIN and AGRA strengthen partnership

Across Africa, agricultural production has grown steadily over the past few decades. Much of the continent’s yields from its food systems is strong. However, this growth has not converged on the plates of Africans into healthy diets. Millions of households still cannot access safe, affordable and nutritious food. There is a significant gap in what Africa grows and how Africa eats. With a renewed agenda to close this gap, the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) and the AGRA, on the sidelines of The Africa Food Systems Forum (AFSF), signed an LoI to make healthier diets more accessible, affordable, desirable and from more sustainable sources for all Africans.

Digitizing Payments Responsibly to Transform Food Systems – GAIN Joins Better Than Cash Alliance

GAIN’s membership in the Better Than Cash Alliance reflects the critical role of inclusive, equitable economic growth as a driver of food systems transformation.

GAIN Working Paper n°74: Improving Diet Quality in West Africa- The Role of Intra-regional Food Trade

- 20/08/2026

Food trade plays a significant role in shaping food security and nutrition worldwide, with both positive and negative implications for diet quality. This is particularly relevant in West Africa, where persistent challenges such as low dietary diversity and limited affordability of healthy diets coexist with rapidly changing food consumption patterns. Intra-regional food trade is especially important in this context, yet its scale and nutritional significance remain poorly understood due to the large share of trade that goes unrecorded in official statistics.

Asian Venture Philanthropy Network (AVPN) Global Conference 2026

25 August 2026- 27 September 2026Global

At AVPN Global Conference 2026 in New Delhi, GAIN will show how nutrition can be embedded across Asia’s food systems, investment strategies and development priorities — helping funders, investors and partners move from food production to better diets, stronger markets and more resilient communities.

GAIN at Africa Food Systems (AFSF) Forum 2026

31 August 2026- 04 September 2026Global

GAIN joins the Africa Food Systems (AFSF) Forum 2026 in Kigali to spotlight how smarter investment in agri-food systems can drive healthier diets, stronger markets and more resilient communities across Africa.