- 08/05/2020
These document series summarise some rapid assessments undertaken by the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) to understand early impacts of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic on food systems in a set of low- and middle-income countries where GAIN works (Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Mozambique, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Nigeria).
- 17/04/2020
Fighting malnutrition in all its forms is one of the major challenges of the 21st century. Addressing it will require an agricultural transformation. Within Africa, this must include a focus on small and medium-size farms, which provide about 80% of total calories in sub-Saharan Africa, as well as other small actors along the value chain.
- Arusha, Tanzania
"Power on your plate" is an all-Africa summit on diversifying food systems with African traditional vegetables to increase health, nutrition and wealth. With more than 20% of Africa’s population undernourished and close to one-third food insecure, it is clear that food systems must change - to nourish people, not merely feed them.
- 09/10/2019
This factsheet highlights the vastly different levels of egg supply seen across African regions, selected African countries, and selected high-income countries. It discusses why eggs remain scarce and expensive in many low-income settings, including across much of Western, Eastern, and Middle Africa.
- 01/01/2018
This project is part of a wider initiative at GAIN on Innovative Finance and aims at assessing and sizing the financial needs of enterprises working along food value chains that could produce nutritious foods in Kenya and Tanzania with a particular focus on SMEs (small and medium sized enterprises) and food systems after the farm gate.Despite the significant progress made by Tanzania in addressing all forms of malnutrition among children under five over the last decade, the prevalence of chronic malnutrition in the country is still high, with stunting at 30% (Ministry of Health and National Bureau of Statistics, 2022). The country has a population of 64 million people (Tanzania National Population Census, 2022), and suffers from high rates of micronutrient deficiencies, with one-third of children deficient in iron and vitamin A (Tanzania Demographic Health Survey, 2016).
- 01/06/2016
The purpose of the survey was to assess the household coverage and potential contribution of fortified foods to the micronutrient intake among women of reproductive age in Tanzania.
- 01/11/2017
This report presents the results of that assessment and proposes a Consumption Monitoring and Surveillance Framework consisting of the various processes, phases, components, and domains that provide an enabling environment for this to happen.