Mbarara, 16 October 2026. Food Rights Alliance (FRA), under the CASCADE project, took part in Uganda’s national World Food Day commemoration at the Mbarara Zonal Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MbaZARDI). The event ran under the theme “Innovate Today, Nourish Tomorrow.” The commemoration was convened by the World Food Day National Organizing Committee, chaired by […]
On Friday, 16 October 2026, the Food Rights Alliance (FRA), through the CASCADE project, facilitated a high-level panel discussion titled “Cultivating Equity: Women’s Land Rights and Food Security“ at Hotel Africana. The panel was held on day two of the 4th Women’s Land Rights Conference, which ran for two days, 15th and 16th October, under […]
World Breastfeeding Week 2026 (1-7 August) | Theme: “Breastfeeding for a Sustainable Start in Life: Strengthen What Works Every August, the world pauses to celebrate one of the simplest, most powerful public health interventions available to any nation: a mother feeding her child. This year, from 1 to 7 August, World Breastfeeding Week 2026 asks […]
Up to UGX 300,000 a month. That is the upper end of what a civil servant in Uganda used to receive as a lunch allowance money that, for many, was the difference between eating during an eight-hour shift and going without. From this financial year, that allowance is gone. What just happened? Under Establishment Notice […]
Food Rights Alliance, in partnership with UNICEF, Action Against Hunger, World Vision, and the Ministry of Health, convened the 2nd Nutrition Financing Dialogue at the Sheraton Hotel in Kampala under the theme “Financing for Nutrition: A Pathway to Achieving Government Commitments to End Malnutrition.” The dialogue brought together stakeholders from government, academia, civil society, the […]
Civil Society Organizations call for the reversal of the proposed 20% budget cut to the Agro-Industrialisation Programme in the National Budget Framework Paper (NBFP) 2026/27, warning that the reduction threatens Uganda’s food security, nutrition outcomes, and rural livelihoods. This call was made during a two-day Civil Society Organisation (CSO) Retreat on the NBFP 2026/27, co-convened […]
