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
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Upcoming Events
Annual FTF Innovation Lab Council Meeting
The annual FTF Innovation Lab Council Meeting brings 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 is: “Translating Research to Action: Innovation Lab Influence in Policy and Program Design for Effective Scaling.”
Recent Events
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.
National Consultation: Accelerating Food Systems Transformation in Malawi
The main objective of the National Consultation on the Acceleration of Food Systems Transformation is to build on the momentum generated from Malawi’s national pathways for food systems transformation in building healthier, sustainable, and equitable food systems for a better Malawi
Introduction to Circular Food Systems Workshops
In collaboration with Thriving Solutions, participants in this workshop distinguished between linear and circular business models and learned the importance of adopting a circular food system approach.
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 […]