While nutrition initiatives in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are traditionally supported with public funding from donors and/or local governments, a major potential financial resource remains untapped: private sector investment. One attempt to encourage engagement from the private sector is the
Nutritious Food Financing Facility (N3F). The
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) initiated N3F to catalyze private sector innovation in nutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa.
USAID’s Bureau for Resilience and Food Security (RFS) is interested in identifying and supporting appropriate mechanisms through which businesses, specifically small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), can better access financing to increase the availability and affordability of safe, nutritious foods. RFS and USAID Advancing Nutrition, drawing upon the expertise of partners including GAIN and the
University of California at Davis, are collaborating on a review of the N3F to understand how this financing mechanism can enable SMEs in LMICs to increase their access to financing for nutrition.
This webinar will introduce the N3F and share the outcomes of the review of this financing mechanism. Participants will also be given the opportunity to make additional observations, contributions, and ask questions.
Moderator:
Songbae Lee, MBA, is an Agriculture Finance Team Lead at the USAID Bureau for Resilience and Food Security.
Speakers:
Stella Nordhagen, PhD, is a Senior Technical Specialist on the N3F Program at the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition.
Gabriel Quiros Rubio is an N3F Program Associate at the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition.
Travis Lybbert, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Research Economics at the University of California at Davis.
Stephen Vosti, PhD, is an Associate Adjunct Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of California at Davis.
Photo Credit: GAIN
