Impacts of COVID-19 on small- and medium-sized enterprises in the Nigerian food system
GAIN and partners, including the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Business Network (co-convened by the World Food Programme (WFP)), undertook a survey of food system SMEs in Nigeria in October/November 2020, aiming to assess the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated control measures on their businesses and their support needs.
Impact of COVID-19 on Nigeria's Food Systems situation report – Edition II
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is disrupting the world as we know it, with a heavy toll on human lives and economic activities. Its rapid global spread is threatening to affect millions of people already made vulnerable by food insecurity, malnutrition and the effects of conflict and other disasters.
Impact of COVID-19 on Food Systems: A Situation Report V
This Situation Report—the fifth in a series—finds that COVID-19-related control measures continue to have an impact on food systems in 10 countries where GAIN works: Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rwanda and Tanzania.
State Launch of EatSafe in Birnin-Kebbi, Nigeria
Online Webinar, Nigeria
Introduction of the EatSafe project, its objectives, activities, and strategies to food safety stakeholders in Kebbi State. EatSafe has been set up to generate evidence related to consumer-based demand interventions in order to shape informal markets to provide more safe food, to align with GAIN's objective to support better nutrition for all.
Weathering the pandemic to build back better - Addendum of options for supporting SMEs in Nigeria
This document is an Addendum to the Global Options Paper, Weathering the Pandemic to Build Back Better: Options for Supporting SMEs in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. The Global Options Paper is a rapid review and analysis of the challenges facing agri-food SMEs.
GAIN, HarvestPlus launch commercialisation of biofortified crops programme in Nigeria
The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) and HarvestPlus have launched the Commercialisation of Biofortified Crops (CBC) Programme in Nigeria to significantly increase access to biofortified seeds, grains, and foods via commercial channels in Africa’s most populous country.
GAIN Working Paper Series 16 - Business opportunities to reduce post-harvest loss of nutritious foods
Reduction of post-harvest loss could have a major positive impact on increasing the affordability and accessibility of nutrient-dense fresh fruits and vegetables, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. While technologies to do so exist, their financial viability for the firms that would need to adopt them has not always been clear.
Impact of COVID-19 on Nigeria's Food Systems situation report – Edition I
The COVID-19 pandemic is a multiplier of vulnerability, compounding threats to food security and nutrition (FSN), while exposing weaknesses in food systems. This report summarises the current situation of Nigerian food systems amidst COVID-19 with a special emphasis on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and how nutritious foods value chains are changing.