At the recently concluded Africa Food Systems Forum held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in partnership with the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) and Incofin Investment Management, the USAID Deputy Administrator Isobel Coleman and Assistant to the Administrator for the Bureau for Resilience and Food Security Dina Esposito announced the $6 million investment, in the Nutritious Foods Financing Facility (N3F).
The N3F aims to increase the availability of safe, nutritious foods among low income populations in Sub-Saharan Africa by providing financing and technical assistance to Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs), which produce and distribute most of the locally produced nutritious food in the region.
Further Reading
- N3F: A blended finance model to increase the consumption of nutritious foods
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The Nutritious Foods Financing Facility (N3F): Pioneering nutrition financing
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Reflections from AU High Level Dialogue on Nutrition Financing 2023
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Outcome-Based Financing for Nutrition: Innovative financing for Development
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Sankalp Africa Summit 2023: Highlights from GAIN’s Scaling Nutrition Impact Session