Food Safety Risks of Foods Sold in Traditional Markets in North-Western Nigeria
- 15/12/2021
EatSafe collected samples of seven nutritious commodities to assess the relative exposure and risk of foodborne illness from consuming products commonly sold in traditional food markets in northwestern Nigeria.
Story 9: Hunger and Malnutrition Loom Large in New Nigerian Poverty Map
Read our ninth story in the series on The Food Crisis: What's Happening, a collection of work on the current events and the impact communities are seeing on a global scale. The Food Crisis is affecting everyone socially, economically and nutritionally. Michael Ojo and Joyce Akpata discuss newly published dire statistics on Nigeria's poverty index, and how urgent action is needed.
Existing workforce nutrition policies in Nigeria and opportunities for improvement
- 09/01/2023
As elaborated in a GAIN evidence brief, poor-quality diets and insufficient food quantity are linked to reduced work capacity. This suggests that the malnutrition burden can be partly addressed through a win-win-win approach which improves individual lives, business outcomes, and national economies.
Story 7: Nigeria’s Food System Challenged by Conflicts, Climate Change and Economic Headwinds
Read our seventh story in the series on The Food Crisis: What's Happening, a collection of work on the current events and the impact communities are seeing on a global scale. The Food Crisis is affecting everyone socially, economically and nutritionally. Joyce Akpata, Head of Policy and Advocacy at GAIN Nigeria, discuss the wide reaching ripple effect the economic crisis will have on Nigeria, affecting the most vulnerable in society, and what actions need immediate attention.
GAIN Working Paper Series 30 - Innovating for safer foods
- 05/12/2022
This GAIN working paper describes the process used by EatSafe in Nigeria to identify and design innovative interventions to improve the safety of nutritious foods in traditional food markets.
Rice fortification - cost benefit analysis
- 26/10/2022
Malnutrition (hidden hunger) which means deficiencies of vitamins and minerals poses severe health and economic threat to Nigeria. It remains one of the leading causes of mortality among children under five and pregnant and nursing mothers in Nigeria.
Towards the adoption of rice fortification in Nigeria
- 02/05/2022
As part of critical knowledge generation to inform policy development and stakeholder alignment on the prospects for rice fortification in Nigeria, a detailed landscape analysis of Nigeria's rice sector was undertaken along with a technical feasibility assessment of the opportunities and viability of rice fortification in Nigeria.
Reducing Postharvest Losses in Fresh Fruits and Vegetables in Nigeria
- 20/10/2022
The PLAN Nigeria project focused on tomato value chains and employed two models in its theory of change i.e. improving coordination among value chain actors through an Alliance, and building capacity and encouraging SMEs to adopt improved practices and technologies through Business-to-Business (B2B) mentorship.
Increasing egg consumption in Nigeria
- 10/09/2022
GAIN and partners, together with the Kaduna State Government in Nigeria, developed and implemented the 'Eggs Make Kids' campaign, launched on World Egg Day in October 2019.