Posts by Food Rights Alliance
The Orugali Fests: Curbing Malnutrition in Kabarole
By Regina Kayoyo HIVOS together with her Sustainable Diets for All partners in Uganda have teamed up to promote diets that are diverse, greener, healthier, fairer and more sustainable by influencing practices, markets, government policies and international institutions to promote more sustainable food production and healthy diets. In the Western part of Uganda, Hivos partner,…
Read MoreCall for Expression of Interest: Consultancy Services for Production of Documentary
For the last 5 years, FRA has been implementing a project campaign on enhancing the resilience of women to shocks of exclusion and traumatic stressors of hunger and malnutrition, through harnessing citizenry action and addressing key gaps in sustainable resource governance. To enhance learning, FRA wishes to contract a qualified firm to develop a documentary…
Read MoreThe 2019/20 Budget: Lands among the Greatest Losers
By Jude Ssebuliba On 13th June 2019, parliament passed a 40.5 Trillion National Budget for FY2019/20 signifying a 20% increment from last year’s budget which stood at 32 trillion. As some ministries, such as agriculture, education, health and transport, had an increase in funds allocated to them, the ministry of lands suffered a significant decreased…
Read MoreWill a Functional Customary Land Registry Address Customary Land Issues?
By Lucky Brian Wamboka In exploring the understanding of land tenure and land management in Uganda there is need to underpin access to, ownership of, and use of land and other natural resources as vital for addressing food insecurity and poverty. Land tenure security guarantees increased agricultural production and productivity as people have access to…
Read MoreLand Grabbing: A Threat to Agriculture
By Jude Ssebuliba Land ownership and conditions governing land occupation determine how much and when a farmer can invest in agricultural activities. Long term investments, such as irrigation infrastructure, valley dams/tanks and permanent cash crops like coffee, cotton, tea, vanilla to mention a few, require a guarantee of ownership to remove the fear of sudden…
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