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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]