We need to re-shape food markets for the benefit and health of the poor

Contribution to a consultation by the UN Forum on Food Security and Nutrition
4 October 2013
We need to decide what kind of food and nutrition systems we want to build, and then talk about how to use policy and programmes to build them...

Paying for nutrition? Challenges and lessons in selling healthy foods to the poor

Posted in Globalisation and Development
5 August 2013
Following the Nutrition for Growth event in June and the expansion of the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition , ...

How much is the New Alliance doing for food security and nutrition?

Posted in Globalisation and Development
12 June 2013
We are in the midst of some of the biggest weeks on the global food and nutrition calendar. Last wee...

Forests and trees provide benefits for food security and nutrition– what is your say?

Contribution to a consultation by the UN Forum on Food Security and Nutrition
9 February 2013

This topic is especially relevant now, as donors and governments are scaling up their programmes to fight undernutrition through agriculture. If we ignore the contributions of tree...

Is small the best size for nutrition? The success and challenges of weaning food businesses in Ghana (part one)

Posted in Globalisation and Development
17 January 2013
As nutrition moves up the agenda of development organisations, donors are on the lookout for nutritious foods. And they w...

Can big business sell nutritious food to poor people? The case of Grameen Danone Foods in Bangladesh

Posted in Globalisation and Development
25 October 2012
Groupe Danone , the largest global producer of fresh dairy products, has done something unusual for a massive, global foo...

Part two: Profiting from undernutrition? The challenges of distributing foods through private channels

Posted in Globalisation and Development
21 September
In my last post, I looked at how businesses are jumping into the marketplace for therapeutic foods , products designed to...