Food Systems For Nutrition Innovation Lab

We support innovations to make safe and nutritious food available for all

We identify promising food system innovations

We prevent food loss and waste

We enhance food safety

We collaborate with stakeholders across the food system

We generate rigorous research to support actions on the ground

We build human and institutional capacity for food system innovation

We work with businesses and innovators across the food system

Our Work

The Food Systems for Nutrition Innovation Lab (FSN-IL) promotes food system innovations, novel technologies and best practices to support improved diet quality, nutrition and resilience. Our goal is to identify, test and help scale up promising nutrition-sensitive food system solutions from around the world. We offer funding through competitive grants and prizes and engage with stakeholders across the private and public sectors.

Research for Development

Generating evidence on innovative food technologies and practices that support improved nutrition

Capacity Building

Supporting individuals and organizations in Africa and South Asia and within the United States

Stakeholder Engagement

Collaborating across sectors to catalyze the uptake of food system innovations

Upcoming Events & Activities

Call for Applications: Second Cohort of the MSI Student Working Group

Are you a graduate student from an 1890 institution interested in food systems? If so, FSN-IL and the 1890 Universities Foundation invite you to apply now for the second cohort of the Minority Serving Institution (MSI) student working group!

Application deadline has been extended to October 17th.

Recent Events

Webinar: Unlocking Potential – Diverse Careers in Global Food Systems

Are you ready to explore the thrilling world of global food systems? In this webinar, our expert panelists unveiled diverse career paths that span the globe. Gain unique insights from both domestic and international perspectives, and discover opportunities in food systems, cutting-edge research, and international development.

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Annual Partners Meeting 2024

The annual Partners Meeting brought together FSN-IL consortium partners and collaborators to share progress and take stock of ongoing activities, further strategic thinking and approaches around scaling actions targeting food systems for nutrition, explore potential new activities relating to research for development (R4D), human and institutional capacity development (HICD), and policy/business engagement, and identify new networks, partners, and potential users of FSN-IL outputs and activities.

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Annual FTF Innovation Lab Council Meeting

The annual FTF Innovation Lab Council Meeting brought together the USAID Bureau for Resilience, Environment and Food Security, BIFAD, FTF Innovation Labs, and their partners to share and discuss opportunities for engagement and collaboration across the Labs’ state-of-the-art findings in agriculture-led economic growth, food systems transformation, and nutritional well-being. This year’s theme was: “Translating Research to Action: Innovation Lab Influence in Policy and Program Design for Effective Scaling.”

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Webinar: Bridging Food Security, Nutrition, and Health Issues

This webinar explored two critical aspects of public health and nutrition: the impact of climate change on food security and crop nutrition, and enhancing nutrition, health, wellness, and quality of life through integrative approaches.

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Scalability Assessment Workshops

These scalability workshops offered participants a novel approach and tool to quantitatively manage a portfolio of innovations, assess the scalability of innovations within country-specific contexts, and identify and analyze innovative solutions that have potential for scalable impact in improving national and regional food systems.

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