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: Growing Futures – Agricultural Education from Kindergarten to College
Join us for an insightful webinar exploring the vital role of agricultural education from 4-H programs to university extension initiatives. Our distinguished speakers will delve into how these educational pathways not only empower individuals but also strengthen communities and promote healthy lifestyles. Attendees will gain valuable insights into the collaborative efforts between K-12 programs and higher education and discover how these initiatives are shaping the future of agriculture and food systems.
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 31st.
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.
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.
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.
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 […]