Local high-nutrient snacks

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Description of the innovative solution

Alternative protein Convenient processing Traditional food Staple food Healthy diet Local garden Retail promotion Food environment - external Tuft's Innovation Lab

Stimulating the local economy through processing local ingredients into convenient and affordable food products that provide good nutrition is of prime importance. This innovation proposes to design highly nutritious foods based on locally-sourced ingredients to ensure nutrition, food safety, sustainability and empower the local economy. This could reduce current burdens of dependence on unhealthy imported snacks and promote fish based products or nutritious snacks such as bars made of local fruits/vegetables, plant-based protein, dairy and/ or local cereals. These snacks could also be fortified in relevant nutrients through the addition of minerals, macronutrients and vitamins, in order to fill the specific dietary gaps of local communities, depending on the context. Alternative milks - nut or grain based - could also be developed to provide nutritious and tasty drink alternatives to sugary soda drinks, with the added benefit that these milks have lower environmental footprints than dairy alternatives.

Supply chain segment

Wholesale, markets and retail

Maturity level

Prototype

Criteria

Food affordability Food desirability Climate mitigation Reducing biodiversity loss Increasing agrobiodiversity

SDG target

SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production

Context

Urban Peri-urban Rural Marine/Coastal

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Scaling nutrient-sensitive fish production in Myanmar to improve food and nutrition security
Project information

Lessons learned from implementing nutrition-sensitive fish production systems in Bangladesh are being considered as a model for rolling out similar systems—specifically homestead pond polyculture of carp and small fish species—in Myanmar.

Myanmar
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Ready-to-use supplementary food made from locally available food ingredients in Bangladesh
Project information

Development and acceptability testing of ready-to-use supplementary food made from locally available food ingredients in Bangladesh

Bangladesh
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CRS USAID FtF Kasai Orientale
Project information

Malnutrition Matters provided 50 SoyaKits and 5 VitaGoats to empower women and youth entrepreneurs to provide affordable, accessible, high-quality soyfoods

Congo, the Democratic Republic of the
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Food4Education
Project information

Food4Education provides subsidized nutritious meals to primary school children to improve nutrition education outcomes. Over 10,000,000 meals delivered that have led to improved nutrition, school attendance, performance and higher high school transition rates.

Kenya
Shared by Glocolearning

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Inclusion of Small Indigenous Fish Improves Nutritional Quality During the First 1000 Days
Impact asssessment or evaluation
Evaluation of potential for inclusion of local nutrient-rich ingredients in food products (indigenous fish) for improving nutrient intakes for women and children in Bangladesh
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