Impact of COVID-19 on Kenya’s Food Systems
With Kenya weathering the third wave of COVID-19, the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) has continued to develop ways to mitigate the impact of the pandemic on livelihoods and SMEs in Kenya through the Keeping Food Markets Working (KFMW) programme.
Impact of COVID-19 on Food Systems: A Situation Report
The COVID-19 pandemic is a multiplier of vulnerability, compounding threats to food security and nutrition (FSN) while exposing weaknesses in food systems. In response, the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) developed the Keeping Food Markets Working (KFMW) programme to provide targeted support to help sustain core food systems.
Marketplace for Nutritious Foods Project - Learning event
Online Webinar, Kenya
GAIN invested in the Marketplace for Nutritious Foods project as a model to support SMEs in the Agri-Food sector. The learning from this project creates an opportunity to GAIN and its partners to scale up and support more SMEs. Additionally, it is creates an opportunity to share with partners the successes, the challenges and improvements that can help future implementation better.
Comprehensive Nutrient Gap Assessment (CONGA): Zimbawe, Kenya, Rwanda
A method called Comprehensive Nutrient Gap Assessment (CONGA) was developed to fill this information gap. This approach provides guidance on how to use various types of evidence to assess the public health significance of nutrient gaps in a given population and the best food sources of those nutrients.
Impact of COVID-19 on Kenya’s Food Systems - Situation Report Edition II
The COVID-19 pandemic and its second wave have continued to negatively impact the livelihoods and threaten the food security and nutrition (FSN) of many households in Kenya. In response to mitigate these impacts, the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) developed the Keeping Food Markets Working (KFMW) programme to provide targeted support to help sustain core food systems, workers and markets during the COVID-19 emergency.
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.
Weathering the pandemic to build back better - Addendum of options for supporting SMEs in Kenya
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.
Impact of COVID-19 on Kenya’s Food Systems - Situation Report 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 Kenyan food systems amidst COVID-19 with a special emphasis on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and how nutritious foods value chains are changing.