Food Security

Tanzania tops region in hunger levels: GHI

Tanzania tops region in hunger levels: GHI

Tanzania has been found to top the region in hunger levels. This according to the Global Hunger Index (GHI) which was released in October 2016 by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in partnership with Welthungerhilfe and Concern Worldwide. The report which was dubbed Getting to Zero hunger notes that the developing world has made substantial progress […]

Food and nutrition security remains fundamental challenge in Uganda – Research

Food and nutrition security remains  fundamental challenge in Uganda – Research

Despite significant efforts to address food security problems, food and nutrition security remains a fundamental challenge for the welfare and economic growth of Uganda with almost half of all Ugandans is food energy deficient. The research carried out in more than 30 districts of the country  by RECO, a nutrition food manufacturing company in collaboration with […]

Book shows Local communities can play big role in food security and environmental protection

News Release A book published today by the International Institute for Environment and Development paints a vivid picture of an alternative future in which food, energy and water supplies are sustainable and in the control of local communities. The book show how the linear systems that shape our world are flawed as they assume a […]

Increasing Agricultural Productivity Critical to Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia—High-level policymakers, leading academics, and representatives from farmer and trader organizations and the private sector will gather here to identify investment priorities and policy options that can help increase agricultural productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa, thereby reducing rural poverty, hunger, and malnutrition in the region. The November 1–3 conference “Increasing Agricultural Productivity and Enhancing […]

Government urged to utilize traditional knowledge to ensure food security

News Release: Governments are ignoring a vast store of knowledge — generated over thousands of years — that could protect food supplies and make agriculture more resilient to climate change, says a briefing published today by the International Institute for Environment and Development. It urges negotiators at the UN climate change conference in Durban later […]

Ugandan government urged to pass a domestic food ordinance

The Jinja district leadership has called upon the government of Uganda to promote food security in country in a bid to fight the incidents of hunger in the country and avert the malnutrition among younger children through enacting bi-laws in all local councils in the country. The leaders want a bi-law requiring every home to […]

Government warns of severe food shortage in eastern Uganda

The state minister for disaster preparedness, Musa Ecweru has warned that eastern region is set to face a severe food shortage after the floods. This follows floods seriously hitting the eastern districts of the country sweeping away all the gardens and at the same time making the crops that are in the gardens rot. Speaking in […]

Africa should invest more in food and nutrition security

By Boitshepo Bibi Giyose The African Union (AU) and the NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency, convened a special consultation of the Steering Group of the Africa Food and Nutrition Security Day as part of a plan to firm up the implementation of activities that will lead up to the continent-wide commemoration of the Day on […]

Agriculture Minister Tress Bucyanayandi says Uganda will not face food shortage

 The Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Tress Bucyanayandi has said Uganda has enough food to avert food shortages that may exist in different parts of the country. He says that farmers in different parts of Uganda have started harvesting and that the yields are good. “Farmers are the cardinal factor in the food […]

Over 25 Uganda districts facing severe hunger threat

The Disaster Ministry is warning that about 25 districts across the country are mostly likely to be affected by hunger if no immediate interventions are not taken to avert the situation. These districts include Namutumba, Ibanda, Amuria, Moroto, Katakwi, Nakasongola Moyo among others. The state minister for disaster Preparedness Musa Ecweru attributes the looming hunger […]