Food Systems For Nutrition Innovation Lab

Promoting Nutrition-Sensitive Innovation Across The Food System: Introduction To The Work Of The New Food Systems For Nutrition Innovation Lab

Webinar Description: USAID and Feed the Future's newest Innovation Lab, the Food Systems for Nutrition Innovation Lab (FSN-IL), is a consortium of partners led by Tufts University’s Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy. In target geographies of Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, the Lab’s goal is to identify, study, and promote the uptake of […]

True Cost Accounting Of Food

Webinar Description: There is a clarion call for a dramatic transformation of the world's food systems. Conservative estimates show healthy diets are unaffordable for more than 3 billion people, especially the poor in every region in the world.  COVID-19 has also highlighted the fragility of global and local food systems, especially in light of the […]

Evidence Needs To Support Nutrition-Sensitive Innovations In Food Value Chains: Perspectives From South Asia And Southern Africa

Webinar Description: The Food Systems for Nutrition Innovation Lab (FSN-IL) at Tufts University supports the uptake of food system innovations for improved diet quality and nutrition in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This FSN-IL led side-event will bring together panelists to discuss evidence needs to support innovation in food value chains for healthy diets and […]

Identifying Innovations to Reduce Food Loss and Waste, Enhance Food Safety and Promote Access to Nutrient Dense Foods Across the Food System

Webinar

Webinar Description: The Food Systems for Nutrition Innovation Lab (FSN-IL) is a consortium led by Tufts University’s Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, funded under USAID through the Feed the Future Initiative. In target geographies of Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, the Lab’s goal is to identify and promote uptake of novel technologies, practices […]

National Stakeholder Consultation on Food Systems Innovations and Challenges in Nepal

Kathmandu, Nepal Kathmandu

Consultation Description: This two-day in country Stakeholder Consultation brought together stakeholders from the government, development partners, researchers, academics, private sectors, nutrition and food security platforms, and civil society groups to prioritize knowledge gaps and deepen understanding of the facilitators and constraints facing businesses, policymakers, and entrepreneurs across Nepal’s food system. The consultation aimed to provide […]

Introduction to the FSN-IL in Bangladesh

Webinar

Webinar Description: Bangladesh has identified priority areas to improve inputs use efficiency and productivity, adoption of Good Agricultural Practices (GAP), and agri-food system modernization. To boost on-farm activity, Bangladesh focuses on access to extension services and aggregation models such as farmer groups, cooperatives, to bring economies of scale to operations. Bangladesh focuses on forward and […]

Introduction to Circular Economy

Webinar

Access to slides and the webinar recording are posted below!Webinar Description: The Food Systems for Nutrition Innovation Lab (FSN-IL) is a consortium led by Tufts University’s Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, funded under USAID through the Feed the Future Initiative. In target geographies of Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, the Lab’s goal is […]

Introduction to Food Loss and Waste

Webinar

Access to slides and the webinar recording are posted below! Webinar Description: The Food Systems for Nutrition Innovation Lab (FSN-IL) is a consortium led by Tufts University’s Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, funded under USAID through the Feed the Future Initiative. In target geographies of Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, the Lab’s goal […]

9th National Conference on Food Science and Technology

Kathmandu, Nepal Kathmandu

The 9th National Conference on Food Science and Technology (9th FCON) is a forum for interdisciplinary exchange among professionals and stakeholders in the fields of food science, technology, food safety, governance, working towards enhancing innovations across the agri-food systems in Nepal and beyond. The theme of this year's conference is Food Science and Innovations for Safe, […]

Introduction to Circular Food Economy Workshop

Cairo, Egypt

The three-day workshop organized by the Feed the Future Food Systems for Nutrition Innovation Lab and conducted by Thriving Solutions, was held from June 18-20 at the Steigenberger Hotel El Tahrir in Cairo, Egypt. The 3-day workshop (15 hours in total) included 40% theoretical and 60% interactive sessions with real-life case studies and examples. Over […]