eng Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Food and Nutrition 2374-1163 2023-12-06 11 4 112 120 10.12691/ajfn-11-4-1 AJFN20231141 article Tieissiehi Dohe Franck tdohefranck@gmail.com 1 Konan Amoin Georgette 2 Niaba Koffi Pierre Valery 3 Etty Marie-Christine 4 Julien Soliba Manga 4 Jean Claude Moubarac 4 Stefanie Vandevijvere 5 Adama Diouf 6 Assa Rebecca Rachel Epse Yao 6 Universit¨¦ F¨¦lix Houphou?t-Boigny (UFHB), UPR de Biochimie et Sciences des Aliments (LABSA), Ecole Doctorale Biologie ¨C Environnement ¨C Sant¨¦, Abidjan, C?te d¡¯Ivoire Universit¨¦ F¨¦lix Houphou?t-Boigny (UFHB), UPR de Biochimie et Sciences des Aliments (LABSA), Abidjan, C?te d¡¯Ivoire Universit¨¦ Jean Lorougnon Gu¨¦d¨¦, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Daloa, C?te d'Ivoire Universit¨¦ de Montr¨¦al, Department of Nutrition, TRANSNUT and CRESP, Canada Sciensano, Service of Lifestyle and Chronic Diseases, Brussels, Belgium Universit¨¦ Cheikh Anta Diop, Laboratoire de Recherche en Nutrition et Alimentation Humaine (LARNAH), D¨¦partement de Biologie Animale, Facult¨¦ des Sciences et Techniques, Dakar, Senegal Background: Advanced hunger and all forms of malnutrition have led to a growing interest in a favorable environment for nutrition around the world. In response to the challenge of nutrition, west Africa countries like Côte d'Ivoire has demonstrated its commitment by establishing policies and the development of infrastructures that promote favorable environment for nutrition. Nevertheless, these policy documents are not well known and shared. Thus, objectives of this study are to collect and to classify all policy documents and actions implemented in Côte d'Ivoire promoting sustainable and healthy food environments. Methods: Data collections were done online and physically thanks to the collaboration of Governmental and non-governmental institutions from food environments. Documents were classified according to their framework origins (e.g., policy, strategic, and operational) and the Food-EPI tool. Food-EPI tool is composed of two modules of good practice indicators which are the 'policies' module and the 'infrastructure support' module. Results: In total, 113 documents were collected for the period of 1969 to 2022. Fifty-four documents inform on the 'policies' module, while fifty-nine documents provide information on the 'infrastructure support' module. Fifty-four percent of the collected documents come from the operational framework, 25% from the policy framework and 21% from the strategic framework. Conclusion: This study demonstrated that since independence in the 1960s the government of Côte d¡¯Ivoire has had an ongoing interest in the food environment and nutrition. Moreover, thanks to the classification of the 113 policy documents collected with Food-EPI tool, it will be possible to evaluate for this country many good practice indicators promoting sustainable and healthy food environment. https://pubs.sciepub.com/ajfn/11/4/1/ajfn-11-4-1.pdf Food environments Food-EPI Public policy C?te d¡¯Ivoire Inventory and Structuring