Tackling malnutrition through the food system - the role of industrial fortification and biofortification

29 September 2021Online Webinar, Global

2021 represents a pivotal year to invigorate interest, awareness and investment in Large-Scale Food Fortification (LSFF) and biofortification. UN Secretary-General António Guterres will convene a Food Systems Summit as part of the Decade of Action to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.

Rice fortification - a key opportunity to reach more people with fortified food

02 September 2021Online Webinar, Global

With the devastating social and economic impacts of COVID-19, it is more important than ever to protect the nutrition, health, and livelihoods of the world’s most vulnerable. We know that many of the two billion people who suffer from micronutrient deficiencies, or "hidden hunger", consume rice as their primary staple food.

Scaling up innovation for a Fortified Future

30 June 2021Online Webinar, Global

Understanding and addressing these gaps along the fortification supply chain is critical to ensure the quality and safety of fortified products in the food system. This requires accessing and managing information/data along the fortification value chain to trace quality from production to consumption. 

Fortifying our Impact - industrial fortification and biofortification as complimentary interventions to fight malnutrition

10 June 2021Online Webinar, Global

Ending hunger and malnutrition in all its forms (including undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies, overweight and obesity) is about more than securing enough food to survive: what people eat - and especially what children eat – must also be nutritious.  Yet a key obstacle is the high cost of nutritious foods and the low affordability of healthy diets for vast numbers of families.

Thinking regionally about industrial food fortification

29 April 2021Online Webinar, Global

Globally 86 countries have legislation to mandate fortification of at least one industrially milled cereal grain. Different fortification requirements between nations may create some practical difficulties for intercountry trade.

Fortifying the supply chain – addressing premix challenges

07 April 2021Online Webinar, Global

Food fortification is one of the safest, most effective and affordable ways to help consumers meet recommended daily intakes of micronutrients.

More global leadership in food and nutrition is sorely needed – the US can help lead the way

Until every child in the world goes to bed nourished properly, we cannot rest. Our food systems are moving us in the wrong directions: hunger levels are rising, undernutrition levels are at severe risk of rising, obesity is increasing, we are off track to meet climate targets, biodiversity is being squandered, not enough decent jobs are being created and community resilience is being undermined. 

US leadership needed to end world hunger

24 World Food Prize Laureates from across the globe, dedicated to driving change in food systems, are calling on the leadership of the United States Administration to help end world hunger. The World Food Prize Laureates submitted an open letter to the President of the United States of America, Joseph R. Biden Jr., calling on the new Biden-Harris administration to help achieve the global goals on food.

GAIN Interview Cruncher: Building our markets forward better

24 February 2021Online Webinar, Global

Keeping the food systems working during the pandemic is essential through our support to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that produce, transport, process, and market most food for low-income consumers globally. The more so as people increasingly rely on traditional forms of retail. In fact over 90% of fruit and vegetable produced in low-income countries are sold by traditional small retailers.

Transforming food systems and investing in Nutrition for Growth - staple food fortification and the role of the private sector

03 March 2021Online Webinar, Global

Global food systems are powered by private sector investment and entrepreneurs, micro, small, medium, and large. Staple food fortification is an extremely effective, low-cost, food systems intervention with enormous potential to reduce micronutrient malnutrition across large populations.