GAIN Interview Cruncher - Nourishing Our Future: Addressing Malnutrition Through Breastfeeding

This Interview Cruncher aims to shed light on the critical role of maternal nutrition, in promoting successful breastfeeding and optimal infant nourishment. And to do so, we have three prominent speakers joining us today.

Business models for reaching lower income consumers with nutritious foods

- 20/07/2023

Lower-income populations in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) often face challenges accessing affordable, desirable, safe, and nutritious food, contributing to poor diet quality and malnutrition. As the main source of food for the majority of this population, private-sector firms have the potential to play a key role in alleviating this – and if they can do profitably, could help their bottom line in the process.

Reaching Lower-Income Consumers with Nutritious Foods: Cutting Ingredient Costs by using Lower-cost Alternatives

Companies entering the lower-income consumer market often adapt existing products to meet lower-income consumers’ needs—in particular, redesigning the product to improve affordability. One way to do this is to simply replace more expensive ingredients with cheaper alternatives, or omit certain ingredients altogether. 

GAIN Interview Cruncher - The Urgent Need for Investment in Food Systems Infrastructure

This Interview Cruncher will highlight the crucial role of "food systems infrastructure" in enabling access to healthy and sustainable diets in low- and middle-income countries. It will aim to offer a clear definition of what food systems infrastructure entails and identifies gaps that still need to be addressed. ​​​​​​​

78th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 78)

12 September 2023- 29 September 2023New York, Global

The 78th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 78) will open on Tuesday, 12 September 2023. The first day of the high-level General Debate will be Monday, 25 September 2023.

My hopes for the UN Food Systems Summit+2 “Stocktaking Moment”

Recently I was on panel chaired by the UN Deputy Secretary General, Amina Mohamed, where I was asked three questions about the UN’s “Stocktaking Moment” two years after the UN Food Systems Summit of 2021 (UNFSS). Here are my answers to the questions.

GAIN Working Paper Series 35 - Assessment of the Scale Up of Emotional Demonstrations in Indonesia

- 05/07/2023

The objective of this paper is to describe the initial scaling-up phase of the 'Baduta' programme (Baduta 2), which aimed to support national stunting-reduction efforts in Indonesia through emotional demonstrations (‘emo demos’), reflecting on the challenges faced and ensuing lessons learned, following the promising results of the 2017 evaluation of the programme.

Innovative Financing - Creative New Ways to Fund Improved Nutrition

Good nutrition has a hugely positive impact on health and other social goals, like educational attainment and work productivity – but the sector remains under-financed relative to its potential. How can we change this?