DEADLINE: 15TH DECEMBER, 2023
GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR IMPROVED NUTRITION (GAIN)
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS TO STRENGTHEN AND PROVIDE TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO DRIVE INCREASED PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION OF VITAMIN A MAIZE AMONG SMALLHOLDER FARMERS IN KADUNA STATE

1. ABOUT GAIN
The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is a Swiss-based foundation launched at the UN in 2002 to tackle the human suffering caused by malnutrition. Working with both governments and businesses, we aim to transform food systems so that they deliver more nutritious food to all people.
GAIN’s work to improve the consumption of safe and nutritious food is based on three interlinked strategic

objectives:

  1. to improve the demand for safe, nutritious foods;
  2. to increase the availability of nutritious foods and enhance the nutritional value of foods; and
  3. to strengthen the enabling environment to improve the consumption of safe, nutritious foods.

We build alliances between governments, local and global businesses, and civil society to deliver sustainable improvements at scale. We are part of a global network of partners working together to create sustainable solutions to malnutrition. Through alliances, we provide technical, financial and policy support to key participants in the food system. We use specific learning, evidence of impact, and results of projects and programmes to shape and influence the actions of others.

Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, GAIN has representative offices in Denmark, The Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In addition, we have country offices in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Tanzania. Programmes and projects are carried out in a variety of other countries, particularly in Africa and Asia.

2. BACKGROUND
GAIN is implementing the Strengthening Nutrition in Priority Staples (SNIPS) project which will add a nutrition lens to and deliver an integrated suite of activities to support GIZ’s Green Innovation Centre (GIC) in Nigeria.

This nutrition project will strengthen the GIC priority value chains and improve food security and safety through improved diets for farmers, farm workers, other workers in businesses in these value chains, and among the wider population in Nigeria. The following broad objectives for this programme are:

  • Increased consumption of safe, nutritious foods by smallholder farmers, their families, and the wider population
  • Strengthened cassava, maize, sweet potato, and rice value chains in Nigeria which provide more, safe nutritious foods to consumers
  • Increased use of nutritious varieties of the target staples in processed foods
  • Improved productivity & efficiency of farmers and other businesses to improve the production of safe, nutritious foods in the cassava, maize, sweet potato, and rice value chains

4. SUBMISSION
Proposals should be in English and submitted in electronic copy to the following e-mail address nquotation@gainhealth.org Please include STRENGTHENING NUTRITION IN PRIORITY STAPLES NIGERIA in the subject line.

5. DEADLINE
Completed proposals should be submitted electronically to GAIN before 5:00 pm Central European Time on 15th December, 2023

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