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The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking applications for its Assessing Affordability of Target Food to transform food systems so that they deliver more nutritious food for all people.
The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is a Swiss-based foundation launched at the UN in 2002 to tackle the human suffering caused by malnutrition.
At GAIN, they believe that everyone in the world should have access to nutritious and safe food. They work to understand and deliver specific solutions to the daily challenge of food insecurity faced by poor people. By understanding that there is no “one-size-fits-all” model, they develop alliances and build tailored programmes, using a variety of flexible models and approaches.
They build alliances between governments, local and global businesses, and civil society to deliver sustainable improvements at scale. They are part of a global network of partners working together to create sustainable solutions to malnutrition. Through alliances, they provide technical, financial and policy support to key participants in the food system. They use specific learning, evidence of impact, and results of projects and programmes to shape and influence the actions of others.
Objectives
The main aims of this work are to:
- Assess the affordability of target foods in each of the four countries, with a specific focus on consumers at the bottom of the pyramid;
- Model policies and interventions to improve affordability of target foods.
- Specific objectives of the assessment include
- Improving their understanding of how to conceptualize and measure affordability of target foods within the context of programmatic efforts to shape people’s food choices.
- Developing and implementing a harmonized approach to quantitatively assess affordability of target foods in the four countries, to understand their affordability for BoP consumers in programmatic areas.
- Using modelling approaches to identify policies and interventions to address identified affordability challenges and improve access to target foods, especially for BoP consumers
Deliverables
The following deliverables will be required:
- Initial inception report;
- Research protocol including the detailed methodology and workplan;
- Draft of the final report (format to be determined);
- Final report (format to be determined);
- Slide deck summarizing key findings;
- Virtual workshop to present and discuss key findings;
- User-friendly tool or how-to guide (to be agreed) on methodology for affordability assessment of target foods;
- Training video or materials on methodology for affordability assessment of target foods (format to be determined);
- Peer-reviewed publication.
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