GAIN recognised as "nutrition hero" by Surabaya City Mayor
On Sunday 10 November, staff members from GAIN Indonesia received awards from the Surabaya City Mayor for their significant contributions in improving child and maternal nutrition in the city. Despite being the second-largest city in Indonesia with a rapid economic growth of 6% in 2018, Surabaya is not free from malnutrition. As much as 27% of children under five are stunted.
Indonesia: improving child nutrition through behaviour change communication
A critical element to improve children’s health and reduce child malnutrition is changing behaviours and practices around maternal and infant nutrition. In Indonesia, mothers are generally aware that exclusive breastfeeding for six months is best for their child, and that they should continue to breastfeed for a further eighteen months with complementary foods.
GAIN Working Paper Series 1 - The Baduta project in Indonesia
This paper describes an innovative behaviour change communication project, implemented as part of the Baduta project, including rationale and early impacts. Baduta was a multi-component project developed by the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), together with partners, to improve maternal and infant nutrition.
Adolescent agency is a powerful force
Today is the United Nations International Youth Day, a day that recognises and celebrates the role that young people play in enhancing our global society. Young people have never been more vocal about their expectations of their leaders and the future they want to secure for themselves and the next generation.
Improving the nutritional status of tea farming families in Indonesia
This report aims to give insight into the opportunities for tea supply chain actors to improve nutrition security. It presents the Nutrition Tea Project implemented in Indonesia and shows the lessons learned and successes reached because of this intervention.
Effectiveness of an integrated programme to reduce maternal and child malnutrition in Indonesia
The BADUTA Programme's objective was to reduce childhood stunting in the East Java province in Indonesia. This report presents findings from baseline and endline cross-sectional surveys conducted as part of an impact evaluation of the BADUTA Programme.
Process evaluation of Baduta program in Malang and Sidoarjo districts East Java Indonesia
This report presents the results of a process evaluation that was conducted to measure the process and achievement of pathways to improve the implementation of Baduta program in improving the nutrition of children and pregnant mothers.
Unlocking funding for affordable nutrition
Singapore, Indonesia
Join panellists from DSM, GAIN, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Capital 4 Development in this discussion on how the private sector can contribute to reducing malnutrition and why they should do it.Indonesia
With a population of 275 million people in 2022, Indonesia is the fourth most populated country in the world. A member of the G20, in recent years Indonesia has rapidly industrialised and graduated to a middle-income economy. However, many development challenges remain. Income is unevenly distributed and only the higher-income consumers can afford sustained access to healthy and nutritious foods.
Adolescent Nutrition
In 2021-2023, the project Food Investigator Game was implemented with support from Fondation Botnar. The activities included co- creating a food investigator game with adolescents & co-developing a healthy snacking campaign, conducting a series of youth advocacy trainings, Government Stakeholder meetings sharing evidence of snacks food labeling, and collaboration with retailers.
Food System Dashboard (FSD)
Launched in 2020, the Food Systems Dashboard (FSD) was developed by Johns Hopkins University and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), further collaborating with several UN agencies, universities, and NGOs.
The FSD presents curated food systems data in a simple, easy-to-understand visual. It brings together over 200 indicators for over 230 countries from over 40 data sources. In Indonesia, FSD is being implemented in collaboration with the Ministry of National Development Planning Agency (BAPPENAS) which will develop a sub-national food systems dashboard with indicators of food systems from 514 regencies/cities and 34 provinces.
Food and Land Use Alliance (FOLU)
FOLU is a global community of organisations and individuals working together to transform the food and land use system.
GAIN Indonesia has been working with (FOLU) coalition to support the food system transformation. GAIN's role is to push the agenda of the National Platform of Food System Transformation Indonesia action Track 1 to improve access, diet quality, and safety among Indonesians to support the RPJMN 2020-2024 and as part of the Decade of Action to attain the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.