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
Infographics & Fliers
Upcoming Events & Activities
Webinar: What Matters for Sustainable Diets? Results of a Global Expert Elicitation Across Environmental, Social, Health, and Economic Domains
Sustainable dietary patterns should be environmentally sound, socially equitable, economically viable, and nutritionally adequate for current and future generations. But how do we measure sustainable dietary practices? To answer this question, our speakers gathered insights from global experts across diverse fields to identify critical outcomes for evaluating sustainable diets. In this webinar, we will discuss the methodology used, present key findings, and outline the implications for future discussions on the evaluation of the sustainability of diets.
Recent Events
Webinar: Growing Futures – Agricultural Education from Kindergarten to College
This insightful webinar explored the vital role of agricultural education from 4-H programs to university extension initiatives. Our distinguished speakers delved into how these educational pathways not only empower individuals but also strengthen communities and promote healthy lifestyles. Attendees gained valuable insights into the collaborative efforts between K-12 programs and higher education and discovered how these initiatives are shaping the future of agriculture and food systems.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
News
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) are core values of the Feed the Future Food Systems for Nutrition Innovation Lab (FSN-IL) and are integrated into every aspect of FSN-IL’s work, from […]
The Food Systems for Nutrition Innovation Lab (FSN-IL) is excited to announce its new leadership. Dr. Shibani Ghosh is the new FSNIL director, commencing her responsibilities from March 1, 2024. […]
The Feed the Future Food Systems for Nutrition Innovation Lab (FSN-IL) is pleased to announce that five applicants have received sub-awards for the RFA titled “Actions to Support Storage, Packaging, […]
The Feed the Future Food Systems for Nutrition Innovation Lab[1] (FSN-IL) and the 1890 Universities Foundation are pleased to announce that six current students have been selected to lead a […]
Smallholder farmers, typically characterized by limited resources and production capacities, play a significant role in global food production. However, smallholder farmers in low-income countries face particular challenges that include low […]
As part of its commitment to build human and institutional capacity in South Asia and Southern Africa, the Feed the Future Food Systems for Nutrition Innovation Lab (FSN-IL) traveled to […]
Understanding local food system challenges is an essential step in addressing the complex issues surrounding food production, packaging and processing, marketing, distribution, and consumption in any country. By clearly identifying […]
The Feed the Future Food Systems for Nutrition Innovation Lab (FSN-IL), hosted by the Friedman School of Nutrition at Tufts University, in collaboration with the Government of Nepal National Planning […]
At the United Nations Food Systems Summit, Administrator Samantha Power announced that the United States plans to commit $5 billion over five years to Feed the Future, the U.S. Government’s […]
The Nutrition Innovation Lab, led by Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition, spent over a decade from 2010-2021 pursuing rigorous research and building human and institutional capacity to advance nutrition […]