Afghanistan depends substantially on food imports from neighbouring and other regional countries due to being landlocked with limited water and agricultural resources. GAIN has been working to improve nutritional outcomes of the population through fortification projects for two major products: wheat flour and edible oil/ghee. This report is a supply chain assessment of these two food products in Afghanistan.
Bangladesh is effectively implementing measures to address high rates of malnutrition. This brief presents the Pushtikona model and the partnership formed with Renata, a pharmaceutical company and BRAC, to deliver micronutrient powders across Bangladesh.
In this Learning Brief, the Postharvest Loss Alliance for Nutrition (PLAN) explores some of the equity funding options available to small- and medium-sized agribusinesses in Nigeria. This brief is meant to serve as a primer to help business owners gain a better understanding of how to make their business ideas more attractive to investors.
In this Learning Brief, the Postharvest Loss Alliance for Nutrition (PLAN) explores various business models for proximate processing that are being applied in other countries. This brief is meant to serve as a primer for Nigerian business owners interested in learning more about proximate processing and its potential applications for their business.
This concept brief advocates for addressing nutrition security of tea farmers to break the vicious cycle of under-nourished coffee families over generations. The successful integration of interventions in tea certification training programs could lead to a more diversified and nutritious local diet, resulting in healthier and more productive tea farmers.
This concept brief advocates for addressing nutrition security of coffee farmers to break the vicious cycle of under-nourished coffee families over generations. The successful integration of interventions in tea certification training programs could lead to a more diversified and nutritious local diet, resulting in healthier and more productive coffee farmers.
Millions of families worldwide face inadequate access to diverse and nutritious foods. This brief presents GAIN’s Multinutrient Supplements Initiative (MSI) in Kenya, showcasing the success stories of delivering fortified foods and nutrient supplement to vulnerable families throughout the country.
There is a large unfinished agenda around legislating the fortification of grains with iron and folic acid, and the fortification of edible oils and vitamin A. This briefing paper calls for enactment and enforcement of fortification legislation, and the improvement of the quality and coverage of existing programmes.
This Rice Fortification toolkit describes in detail the process to blend fortified kernels with milled, non-fortified rice in order to produce fortified rice. It describes the equipment required, its integration with a typical milling facility and important quality control aspects.
This policy guidance document serves as a resource for those responsible for food fortification policy development and programme implementation. Its overarching aim is to help countries achieve the target public health outcomes that are established by stakeholders at the outset of food fortification programmes.
