AI for Healthy Diets – Applying AI in agrifood systems

16 May 2026. This first webinar in the AI knowledge exchange series of the Global Donor Platform for Rural Development explored how artificial intelligence is applied in agrifood systems, highlighting a practical example from GAIN to improve nutrition outcomes.

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming agrifood systems, offering new opportunities to strengthen food security, improve nutrition, and support rural development. However, donors and development partners face challenges in translating this potential into practice, including ensuring responsible data governance, addressing inequalities in access, and identifying effective entry points for investment and collaboration.

• Michelle Tang, GDPRD Secretariat
• Alessandra Roversi, Programme Officer, Food Systems Section, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
• Ty Beal, Senior Technical Specialist and global nutrition scientist, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) - Brief overview of GAIN’s AI Strategy, Concrete case studies
• Mduduzi Mbuya, Director, Knowledge Leadership, GAIN - implications for donors