Guided by our freshly updated strategy, we organized this event to develop and enhance purpose-driven partnering for evidence-based sustainable nutrition solutions.

Partnering for impact

The world’s nutrition champions got together at ICN 2022, where Sight and Life led sessions on empowering SMEs, nutrition leadership, and Multiple Micronutrient Supplements (MMS), and launched the book Advances in Nutritional Anemia.  

International Congress of Nutrition (ICN)

Along with other experts, Sight and Life shared how the Swiss food ecosystem is responding to the challenge of feeding over 9 billion people through open and collaborative innovation.

Transforming food innovation through science and collaboration

In this workshop, we shared a brief summary of the knowledge gained through our needs assessment, and facilitated a brainstorming session on proof-of-concept PN projects for vulnerable populations in LMICs with leaders holding a wide-range of nutrition and local expertise.  

Precision nutrition for low- and middle-income countries

Sight and Life will be attending IMNHC 2023 where we will be hosting a special panel discussion on multiple micronutrient supplements (MMS). The aim of this panel discussion is to bring forward different country perspectives on creating an enabling environment for MMS. The panel will feature representation from UNICEF Nigeria,&hellip;

International Maternal Newborn Health Conference (IMNHC) 2023

6 women entrepreneurs pitch their business plans to a jury in a fast-paced high-energy live competition.

WOMEN DELIVER: Elevator Pitch Contest – Fixing Food Systems

The Nutrition in City Ecosystems (NICE) project is supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and implemented in a consortium together with the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture (SFSA), the Sight and Life Foundation (SAL) and the Swiss Federal&hellip;

WOMEN DELIVER: Empowering women as change agents in nutrition-sensitive food systems

Join us for an engaging discussion on equitable provision of multiple micronutrient supplements (MMS) during pregnancy. We bring together different country perspectives on how to scale up MMS intervention, and discuss the evidence and experience of MMS implementation captured in the latest Sight and Life MMS Special Report.

WOMEN DELIVER: Ensuring Equity in Access to Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation for Pregnant Women

The population will likely reach more than 9 billion people by 2050, threatening to exacerbate world hunger and malnutrition. Furthermore, climate change is already impacting food security and livelihoods. The future of food production must safely, equitably, and sustainably close nutritional gaps and mitigate climate change.   Diverse proteins, defined as&hellip;

What is the role of diverse proteins in safely, equitably, and sustainably nourishing 9 billion people by 2050?

Sight and Life will be at the Africa Food Systems Forum 2026 in Kigali, Rwanda, convening a Breakthrough Event on Fermentation: from Evidence to Scale. This session will explore the potential of fermentation to advance better nutrition, more resilient food systems and stronger livelihoods across Africa. About the event The Africa&hellip;

Sight and Life at the Africa Food Systems Forum 2026

Sight and Life, in collaboration with the Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF), will convene a national Roundtable Meeting in Lagos to spotlight the role of fermentation in strengthening nutrition, food safety, and sustainable food systems in Nigeria. The roundtable will bring together key stakeholders from government, development partners, academia, civil society,&hellip;

Fermentation Special Report Dissemination Roundtable

For centuries, fermentation has preserved food, enhanced nutrition, and shaped culinary traditions across cultures. Today, it holds immense untapped potential to solve some of the biggest challenges facing our global food systems — from malnutrition and food insecurity to sustainability and resilience. That’s why Sight and Life, in collaboration with&hellip;

Fermented Futures: Unpacking the Untapped Potential of Fermented Foods for Sustainable Food Systems

Four billion people primarily follow vegetarian diets, with staple like cereals and legumes, constituting ~70% of daily calorie intake (South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa), which are often high in phytic acid—an antinutrient inhibiting mineral absorption and protein digestibility. Studies show that incorporating phytase, an enzyme that degrades phytic acid, into&hellip;

What are the challenges in phytase use in human nutrition?

We will be talking about Multiple Micronutrient Supplements. Having backed this proven cost-effective intervention since 2008, we are pleased that today so many countries have adopted MMS and are showing the way forward to those who are keen to make the change.  It is time to move beyond discussing the&hellip;

Sustainable scale-up of MMS is possible: Learn from countries at the forefront of change

Join us for a thrilling contest as the new batch of IUNS Task Forces is selected at International Congress of Nutrition 2025. The scientific and health experts on the judges panel will review the pitches using a rigorous selection criteria set by the Sight and Life EPC team before declaring&hellip;

THE IUNS TASK FORCES ELEVATOR PITCH CONTEST

More than 3 billion people are affected by micronutrient deficiencies, and one-third of the world's population suffers from anemia and zinc deficiency, particularly in developing countries. Mineral absorption is crucial for nutrient uptake, preventing deficiencies, maintaining mineral balance, supporting growth and development, and enhancing overall health. Inadequate mineral intake and&hellip;

Unpacking the Power of Phytase: Building Healthier Futures for People and the Planet

To amplify momentum around Diverse Proteins in 2024, and mark the UNGA Sustainability Week, the Sight and Life Foundation and the SDG2 Advocacy Hub are organizing an engaging online event that will shed light on the role of diverse proteins in mitigating the dual challenges of climate change and malnutrition,&hellip;

Diverse Proteins for LMIC Webinar

Sixty-eight percent of the world will live in urban areas by 2050. Around 90% of this increase will occur in small/secondary cities in Africa and Asia, where hidden hunger prevalence is on the rise as diets change from traditional staples to more processed foods. We must build resilient food systems&hellip;

Interventions to Close the Micronutrient Gap in Secondary Cities

Extensive evidence shows eggs significantly reduce child malnutrition. One egg a day provides 57% of RDA of protein for a child 7-12 months of age, more than 50% of RDA of vitamins B12, E, and B2, and other essential micronutrients like vitamin D, selenium, zinc, and choline. Eggs are an&hellip;

Saving Lives and Livelihoods: One Egg Hub at a Time

Sight and Life will be part of the Village of Solutions for Nutrition at the Nutrition for Growth Summit in Paris. We will be showcasing our innovative climate-friendly interventions to improve health outcomes. We will also be launching our latest Special Report: Fermentation: An Ancient Solution to Modern Challenges at&hellip;

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