TechnoServe Endorses Hamburg Call to Action to Scale Food Fortification through Stronger Markets and Partnerships
The nonprofit’s agri-food systems lead says lasting improvements in nutrition depend on thriving markets, strong public-private collaboration, and locally sustainable solutions
ARLINGTON, VA (July 13, 2026) – Following the Hamburg Sustainability Conference, international nonprofit TechnoServe endorsed the Hamburg Call to Action on Catalyzing Large-Scale Food Fortification to End Child Malnutrition by 2030, joining governments, businesses, and development organizations in supporting greater collaboration to expand access to fortified staple foods around the world.
Dominic Schofield, Senior Director of Agri-Food Systems Transformation at TechnoServe, issued the following statement:
“Food fortification is one of the most effective and affordable ways to improve nutrition at scale. The Hamburg Call to Action reflects a growing global recognition that expanding its impact will require stronger collaboration among governments, businesses, and development partners.
“The conversations in Hamburg reflected an important shift. The focus is increasingly moving beyond whether food fortification works to address malnutrition to how we strengthen the market conditions that allow it to scale sustainably. That means aligning business incentives, public policy, and technical expertise so that food fortification becomes part of how markets function.
“At TechnoServe, we’ve seen that lasting improvements in nutrition depend on more than technical solutions. They depend on thriving markets where businesses have the incentives and capabilities to consistently produce nutritious foods, governments create an enabling environment, and consumers can access affordable, high-quality products.
“That is why we are proud to endorse the Hamburg Call to Action. Its emphasis on collaboration, private sector engagement, and sustainable market systems closely reflects our own approach to transforming agri-food systems.
“As food systems face growing pressures from climate change, political conflict, and shifting global markets, strengthening nutrition cannot happen in isolation. It must be integrated into broader efforts to build food systems that are more inclusive, more resilient, and better able to create economic opportunity.
“Around the world, TechnoServe works with businesses, governments, and local partners to develop practical, market-driven solutions that improve nutrition, strengthen value chains, and increase incomes. Hamburg reinforced that lasting progress will come not from any single organization, but from partnerships that make better nutrition part of how markets grow and thrive.”
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About TechnoServe
Founded in 1968, TechnoServe is a leader in harnessing the power of the private sector to help people lift themselves out of poverty for good. A non-profit organization working in around 20 countries, we work with people to build a better future through regenerative farms, businesses, and markets that increase incomes. Our vision is a sustainable world where all people in low-income communities have the opportunity to prosper.
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