The backbone of Resilient Food Systems: Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
In the current global context of prolonged global conflicts, increasing severity of climate change and ever rising inflation, the need to make our food systems, resilient has never been more urgent than now. Resilient food systems feed and nourish people, create jobs, protect livelihoods and withstand shocks such as climate change, conflict, rising prices and supply disruptions. And the backbone of what makes food systems truly resilient are the Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). They are small individually, but together they form the everyday engine of our food systems.
Private Sector Principles of Engagement
- 25/06/2026
Achieving healthier, more inclusive and sustainable food systems requires a fundamental shift in how public and private finance, coordinated action and policy incentives are mobilised and aligned.
Final Report I-CAN: Landscaping Analysis On Climate And Nutrition Policies In Uganda.
- 23/06/2026
Uganda is increasingly recognizing the importance of addressing the intersection of climate change and nutrition, with a growing number of policies and institutional actors engaging with the climate–nutrition nexus. Several policies and initiatives demonstrate that integrated action is both possible and already underway, particularly where explicit pathways, costed commitments, and system-level resilience investments are included. Institutions such as the Office of the Prime Minister, the National Planning Authority, and the Ministry of Health provide important entry points for strengthening coordination, while informal influence networks and policy windows offer additional opportunities to advance integration.
Safe Food for All: A Shared Responsibility Across the Food System
Food is the foundation of life. It nourishes our bodies, connects communities, and reflects culture and tradition. Yet what we eat must be safe to fulfil its purpose of sustaining health and well-being. Food safety is the set of practices and conditions used to handle, prepare, store, and distribute food in a way that prevents contamination and reduces the risk of foodborne illness. In simple terms, it means making sure food is safe to eat at every stage from production to consumption.
GAIN Celebrates World MSME Day 2026
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises are essential to the food systems people rely on every day. They grow, process, transport, market, and sell nutritious foods helping make healthier diets more available, affordable, and accessible. This World MSME Day, GAIN is spotlighting the MSMEs, entrepreneurs, partners, and employers shaping stronger food systems and healthier communities.
Strengthening Family-Led Business Governance: Lessons from Two N3F African Poultry Portfolio SMEs
Across Sub-Saharan Africa, most SMEs producing nutritious foods are family-owned enterprises. Often built from modest beginnings, these businesses play an important role in food systems by creating jobs, supporting rural economies, and expanding access to safe and affordable nutritious foods. As these companies grow, the demands for strengthening and streamlining their corporate governance and management structures increase significantly.
Integrating Nutrition Into Occupational Chemical Safety Standards
- 21/05/2026
The health effects of chemical exposure depend not only on the hazard itself, but also on the body’s capacity to defend, adapt, and recover. This varies between individuals and is strongly shaped by nutritional status, making nutrition a foundational determinant of occupational health risk. Adequate nutrition supports immune function, metabolic regulation, tissue repair, and detoxification processes. Sufficient energy, protein, essential minerals, micronutrients, and antioxidants are required for the body to maintain physiological stability and respond effectively to harmful substances. When these nutritional needs are met, workers are better equipped to withstand and recover from ongoing occupational exposures.
Nourishing Progress: Three Years of Action on WHA76.19. Accelerating Efforts to Prevent Micronutrient Deficiencies and Their Consequences Through Safe and Effective Food Fortification
- 15/05/2026
In May 2023, every Member State at the World Health Assembly resolved to accelerate safe and effective foodfortification. Nourishing Progress highlights meaningful progress, growing momentum and emerging opportunities since the resolution's adoption, and the growing coalition of governments, industry, patient associations, and health professionals driving this agenda forward. Anchored in a landmark Lancet Global Health analysis modeling the current and potential impact of large-scale food fortification programs, the report celebrates the progress made since the 2023 WHA resolution and outlines the growing global momentum towards transformative impact.
Beyond Safety Gear: Nutrition Protects Workers
- 14/05/2026
Chemical exposure is a growing occupational health concern as industrialization and technological change increase workers’ contact with hazardous substances. While occupational safety and health frameworks focus on managing exposure, they do not fully address chemicals that accumulate in the body and weaken immune function. Chemical exposure and poor nutrition can reinforce each other, increasing vulnerability to illness Integrating workforce nutrition into chemical risk management strengthens resilience, supports immunity, and provides an additional layer of protection for workers.