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Distinguished experts recently met with researchers from the CGIAR Initiative on Sustainable Healthy Diets through Food Systems Transformation (SHiFT) in Dhaka to discuss foresight analysis. The meetings centered on a model for Bangladesh that uses a food systems perspective to explore potential trade-offs among a multitude of outcomes in the environmental, health and socio-economic domain. Developing “models,” or decision-support tools

Globally, suboptimal diets are the most important preventable risk factor for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). These diets account for 22 percent of all deaths and 15 percent of disability-adjusted life years among adults. The influential report from the EAT-Lancet Commission showed that people in most parts of the world eat too much unhealthy food, such as ultra-processed foods rich in sugars, fats,

Twiga Foods is one of the most successful technology-enabled food distribution companies in Kenya. Founded in 2014, the company offers market-based solutions through an innovative business-to-business model. It connects suppliers with vendors operating micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), providing consumers with access to high-quality products and retail services. Over the past nine years, the company has grown tremendously. It

Micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) play a pivotal role in food systems worldwide. In many countries, the food industry has gone through a process of modernization and “supermarketization,” but small-scale retailers remain the primary source of fresh food for many households in low- and middle-income countries. Supporting these vendors is essential to ensure the availability, accessibility, and affordability of

Fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption is extremely low in Ethiopia, even compared to other neighboring countries, leading to nutrient deficiencies and making its population vulnerable to a range of largely preventable diseases. High prices and low incomes help explain the low levels of FV consumption, but even the relatively wealthy eat less FV than the WHO recommends. This pattern suggests

The CGIAR Research Initiative on Sustainable Healthy Diets through Food Systems Transformation (SHiFT) is participating in the ANH Academy Week 2023. The 8th Annual ANH Academy Week program will feature online Learning Labs (training workshops) from June 19 to 21 and one day of in-person Learning Labs on June 26 in Lilongwe, Malawi. The Research Conference will run from June

In March 2023, researchers and partners from the CGIAR Initiative on Sustainable Healthy Diets through Food Systems Transformation (SHiFT) participated in the Nutritious Food Systems Grantee Convening in London. This three-day event brought together a network of more than 150 representatives from 70 projects funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development

Food price crises have become the new normal over the last two decades, but what are the effects of these high prices on children’s nutrition? More understanding is needed of how increasingly volatile food prices affect the nutrition of poor and food-insecure populations, and especially young children. In a recent analysis of 1.27 million children in 44 low- and middle-income countries (LMICs),