Food Processing for Improved Diets (June 2022)

It aims to help USAID and its implementing partners design and implement food processing activities to improve diets and nutrition. The brief discusses the importance of food processing in improving diets, its role in food systems, and its potential to increase the supply of safe and nutritious foods. It also highlights the need for food processing to be done in a way that promotes healthy diets, reduces food loss and waste, and supports economic growth and resilience. The document provides key messages, background information, and considerations for food processing activities, as well as a conceptual framework for understanding food systems.