Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Uganda’s Sovereignty Bill 2026 Hangs Over Our Advocacy

The ink on the amended Protection of Sovereignty Bill, 2026, is barely dry, but Uganda’s civil society already feels the chilling breeze. Parliament has passed it. The President’s pen hovers. For organisations like ours, scrutinising barriers and enablers of an inclusive and equitable food systems transformation, such as land governance, climate change financing, agrochemical regulation […]

Their Labour Feeds the Nation : This Labour Day, We Celebrate the True Heroes of Our Food System

Today, as the world marks International Labour Day under the theme “Secure Labour, Secure Livelihoods,” we at Food Rights Alliance (FRA) turn our gaze to the often-invisible arms that lift our nation’s bowls. We celebrate the smallholder farmer for tilling the soil before sunrise, battling climate uncertainty, and still filling our markets with cassava, beans, […]

CSOs Call for Dialogue on Uganda’s Agrochemical Restrictions

Today, Food Rights Alliance joined fellow civil society organizations SEATINI, Food Safety Coalition Uganda, Global Consumer Centre, Participatory Ecological Land Use Management (PELUM) Uganda, CEFROHT, PELUM Association, and GEDA-Uganda for a joint Civil Society press conference held in Kampala. The engagement was convened under the theme: “Safeguarding Health, Environment, and Market Access through Safe Agrochemical […]

Uganda Not Short of Resources, But of Action: Experts Challenge Nutrition Financing Gaps

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 […]