Food Systems For Nutrition Innovation Lab

What Matters for Sustainable Diets? Results of a Global Expert Elicitation Across Environmental, Social, Health and Economic Domains

Webinar

Webinar Description: Sustainable dietary patterns should be environmentally sound, socially equitable, economically viable, and nutritionally adequate for current and future generations. How do we measure sustainable dietary practices? We highlight the challenges in defining and measuring food system sustainability and emphasize the need for integrative assessment that considers all four pillars. Through a modified Delphi […]

Annual Partners Meeting 2024

Washington, DC Washington, DC

2023-2024 Recap: In-Country BriefsThe goal of the Annual Partners meeting is to bring together FSN-IL consortium partners and collaborators to: Share progress and take stock of ongoing activities Further our strategic thinking and approaches around scaling solutions around food systems for nutrition Highlight and share progress on new activities relating to research for development (R4D), […]

Annual FTF Innovation Lab Council Meeting

Washington, DC Washington, DC

Translating Research to Action: Innovation Lab Influence in Policy and Program Design for Effective ScalingAt this year’s annual meeting, we will discuss how the theory of change espoused by the FTF Innovation Labs translates into expected outcomes, as well as localization approaches, successes and opportunities for improvement, and what types of support structures are needed […]

2024 Malawi Productivity and Agricultural Commercialization Conference (MAPCC)

Lilongwe, Malawi Lilongwe

In September 2024, FSN-IL collaborated with the the Ministry of Agriculture in Malawi, the Malawi National Planning Commission (NPC), the MwAPATA Institute, and others to co-host the 2024 Malawi Productivity and Agricultural Commercialization Conference (MAPCC). The theme for this year's conference was "Transforming Agrifood Systems to Generate Wealth for All." Over the course of the […]

Scalability Assessment Workshop: Malawi

Lilongwe, Malawi Lilongwe

Malawi, like many low-and-middle income countries, faces significant challenges in ensuring access to safe, nutrient-rich perishable foods across its diverse food systems. As the country aims to overcome challenges related to food security, nutrition, and sustainability, it becomes crucial to explore scalable innovations across the food systems that can address these challenges effectively and sustainably. […]

Scalability Assessment Workshop: Nepal

Kathmandu, Nepal Kathmandu

Nepal, like many low-and-middle income countries, faces significant challenges in ensuring access to safe, nutrient-rich perishable foods across its diverse food systems. As the country aims to overcome challenges related to food security, nutrition, and sustainability, it becomes crucial to explore scalable innovations across the food systems that can address these challenges effectively and sustainably. […]

AGCI Workshop: Reducing Food Loss and Waste – Dual Impact Actions to Address Climate Change and Improve Nutrition

Aspen Aspen, CO

In June 2024, FSN-IL collaborated with the Aspen Global Climate Institute (AGCI), the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture/National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA/NIFA) to co-host the "Reducing Food Loss and Waste: Dual Impact Actions to Address Climate Change and Improve […]

National Consultation: Accelerating Food Systems Transformation in Malawi

Lilongwe, Malawi Lilongwe

In 2019, the United Nations (UN) Secretary General called for a global summit on the future of food systems. This UN 2021 Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) (hereafter called the “summit”) took place in Rome in September 2021. The summit was underpinned by an inclusive engagement process to deliver progress on all 17 UN Sustainable Development […]

Introduction to Circular Food Systems Workshop: Malawi and Mozambique

Lilongwe, Malawi Lilongwe

Waste is a human-made byproduct that is not in sync with nature; all natural systems are innately circular. Our linear economic module based on the take-make-discard approach, has been increasingly polluting the planet and infringing on our planetary boundaries. Switching to a circular economy provides a path towards economic and social wellbeing, while protecting and […]

Introduction to Circular Food Economy Workshop: South Asia

Kathmandu, Nepal Kathmandu

Waste is a human-made byproduct that is not in sync with nature; all natural systems are innately circular. Our linear economic module based on the take-make-discard approach, has been increasingly polluting the planet and infringing on our planetary boundaries. Switching to a circular economy provides a path towards economic and social wellbeing, while protecting and […]