Commitment

Expand large-scale food fortification

Donor government / United States of America

USAID

Commitment made: 06 Dec 2021
Related event: 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit | 2021 UN Food Systems Summit
Targeted location (aggregate)

Global - Senegal, Nigeria, Zambia, 3 more TBD | Global and in select low or middle income countries |
Verification status Verified Find out more

Commitment description

Invest $38 million over five years to expand large-scale food fortification to deliver essential vitamins and minerals to those who need them most. USAID’s investment will support scaling up large-scale food fortification (LSFF) through global leadership, context-specific expertise, and partnerships with governments, private sector, and civil society

Commitment goals

Execute USAID’s Large-Scale Food Fortification Results Framework in nutrition priority countries and Global Food Security Strategy (GFSS) priority countries with USAID Missions

  • Nutrition Action Classification: Policy > Food supply chain
  • Goal SMARTness index: High

Launch and implement a global mechanism focused on Large-Scale Food Fortification

  • Nutrition Action Classification: Policy > Food supply chain
  • Goal SMARTness index: High

Collaborate with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and UNICEF to advance our common priorities related to Large-Scale Food Fortification

  • Nutrition Action Classification: Enabling > Leadership and governance
  • Goal SMARTness index: Lower moderate

Global Nutrition Targets

Anaemia
Under-5 stunting

Nutrition Action Classification across all goals

Enabling

  • Financial
  • Operational
  • Leadership and governance
  • Research monitoring and data

Policy

  • Food environment
  • Food supply chain
  • Consumer knowledge
  • Nutrition care services

Impact

  • Undernutrition
  • Diet
  • Obesity and diet-related NCDs
  • Food and nutrition security

N4G themes covered by goals

  • Food
  • Health
  • Resilience
  • Data
  • Financing

Total funding and costs across all goals

Funders USAID
Funding mechanism Self-funded
Cost secured 1
Total costs estimated Yes, and the amount publicly disclosed
Currency (USD) - United States dollar
Cost amount 38,000,000.0
$USD equivalent 38,000,000.0 (World Bank average exchange rate for 2021)

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