In the pursuit of improved nutrition, food safety is a non-negotiable

In the pursuit of improved nutrition, food safety is a non-negotiable

GAIN’s mission is to improve the consumption of nutritious and safe food for all people, especially those most vulnerable to malnutrition. As a nutrition organisation, we understand food safety to be a core component of our mission and our ability to achieve healthier diets. Safe food is essential for food security and nutrition, and it affects everything from what consumers eat, to their livelihoods, and their families’ health.
Food standards save lives

Food standards save lives

 Online Webinar, Global

On 7 June, World Food Safety Day, FAO and WHO will host a hybrid high-level event where participants can learn how food safety standards contribute to saving lives. The event will expand on this year’s theme for World Food Safety Day, "Food standards save lives".
Mighty Nutrients Coalition Policy Brief - Preventing Micronutrient Deficiencies Worldwide

Mighty Nutrients Coalition Policy Brief - Preventing Micronutrient Deficiencies Worldwide

Micronutrient deficiencies (also known as hidden hunger) are a significant public health problem globally. Pre-pandemic estimates found 1 in 2 children and 2 in 3 women suffering from a micronutrient deficiency. Levels of deficiency are likely to be even higher today given the protracted global food crisis arising from the COVID pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
GAIN Discussion Paper Series 13 - The case for increased investment in food systems infrastructure in low and middle income countries

GAIN Discussion Paper Series 13 - The case for increased investment in food systems infrastructure in low and middle income countries

This paper discusses the critical importance of expanding 'food systems infrastructure' as a necessary pre-condition for improving access to healthy and sustainable diets in low- and middle-income countries. It proposes a tractable definition of food systems infrastructure, highlights deficits that have yet to be addressed, and lays out a generic way forward to accelerate infrastructure accumulation.
GAIN Discussion Paper Series 12 - Inequity in access to healthy foods

GAIN Discussion Paper Series 12 - Inequity in access to healthy foods

The review demonstrates that designing policies to holistically address underlying drivers of inequity would require data disaggregated at the level of relevant social groups, with adequate geographic granularity, as well as qualitative data from the perspectives of affected people spanning food environments, socioeconomic information, and the food security, nutrition, and health issues that policies target.