COVID-19 vendor survey factsheet
- 29/09/2021
Understanding urban specific contexts and food system challenges during the pandemic is the first step towards the co-design of policy options. Between December 2020 and April 2021, GAIN conducted a mixed method Rapid Needs Assessment of Machakos and Kiambu (Kenya), Beira and Pemba (Mozambique),) and Rawalpindi and Peshawar (Pakistan).
Collective Approach for Adoption of Nutrient Enriched Crops in the Food System
The potential for biofortification to curb hidden hunger can be realised when there is a strong support system for businesses to trade. Key building blocks of the support system include consumers, development partners, the government, and financial institutions.
Driving global youth action for climate adaptation in food systems
Milan, Italy, Global
The event is intended for youth from all around the globe to participate and engage in efforts and movements around food security under a changing climate. The event also aims to create awareness of the Pledge initiative - a youth-led promise galvanising action to defeat hunger, improve health and heal the planet.
Overwhelming number of companies falling short on meeting Food and Agriculture Benchmarks, including workforce nutrition
The World Benchmark Alliance has today announced the results of its 2021 Food and Agriculture Benchmarks, which evaluates the performance of 350 keystone companies – those with a disproportionate impact on the global food system – on key environmental, nutritional and social inclusion topics.
USAID and Eleanor Crook Foundation announce support for GAIN -Incofin Nutritious Foods Financing Facility
USAID, through Feed the Future, and the Eleanor Crook Foundation (ECF) have announced their intention to support the establishment of the Nutritious Foods Financing Facility (N3F), a first of its kind investment fund that will bolster these critical SMEs and promote well-nourished communities in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Rigorous monitoring is necessary to guide food system transformation in the countdown to 2030 global goals and beyond
Online Webinar, Global
This is a side event to the United Nations Food Systems Summit (taking place on September 23, 2021). This session will feature some of the co-authors of a forthcoming call for a rigorous, science-based monitoring framework to track food systems and their transformation.
GAIN commitments to transform food systems
Submission to the UN Food Systems Summit (UN FSS) Commitment Registry – Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN). The United Nations Food Systems Summit (UN FSS), taking place on September 23, 2021, marks a key milestone on the journey towards food systems transformation to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.
70,000 young people mobilise to offer solutions to transform life-threatening food systems
UPDATE: Since publication the number has now risen to 100,000. Alarm bells are ringing – set by 70,000 young people and allies around the world, distressed by the state of current food systems, which are letting the planet, current, and future generations down.