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    In a world where the great majority of people get their food from markets, agrifood businesses can strongly influence diets and nutrition. In many countries, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) make up the bulk of agrifood businesses, yet there is little awareness and recognition of the role that SMEs play, and few materials to provide them with targeted support. This series addresses the gap by making the business case for leveraging SMEs for nutrition-sensitive food systems and proposing an approach to integrating nutrition into SME business models.

    The course series consists of the following two courses:

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    Small and Medium Enterprises and Nutrition – making the business case

    This is the first of a series of two e-learning courses on small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and nutrition. In this course, you will discover the business case for leveraging SMEs - and particularly those engaged in the post-production stages of the value chain - to make food systems more nutrition-sensitive.

    2 h

    Course

    Small and medium enterprises and nutrition - upgrading business models

    This is the second of a series of two e-learning courses on Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and Nutrition. In this course, you will learn an approach to integrate nutrition into SME business models, in order to make food systems more nutrition-sensitive.

    5 h 30 m

    Each course concludes with a final test. A digital badge certificate is issued upon successful completion of the test.

    Depending on the interest of learners, the self-paced course series can be completed as a whole (which is preferable), or as individual courses (or lessons), taken independently.

    Throughout the course series, references are made to specific courses or lessons where certain subjects are covered more extensively. Each course takes the learner step-by-step through the learning content using interactive screens and is complemented by exercises and links to additional material and websites for further reading.