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CALL 4 ACTION: Uganda’s Civil Society Calls for a Ban on Hazardous Pesticides to Protect Health and Environment

CALL 4 ACTION: Uganda’s Civil Society Calls for a Ban on Hazardous Pesticides to Protect Health and Environment

By PATRICK JARAMOGI Kampala, January 5, [SHIFTMEDIA ]  – A coalition of civil society organizations (CSOs) has urgently called on the Ugandan government to regulate and ban the use of hazardous pesticides, particularly Glyphosate and…

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FOOD SAFETY: Uganda Marks International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste

FOOD SAFETY: Uganda Marks International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste

By PATRICK JARAMOGI KAMPALA, Uganda [SHIFTMEDIA]  On September 29, Uganda joined the global community in commemorating the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste, a day established by the UN General Assembly in…

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SCHOOL OPENING: Food Safety Experts Warn Of Contaminated Food Supplies

SCHOOL OPENING: Food Safety Experts Warn Of Contaminated Food Supplies

By PATRICK JARAMOGI KAMPALA, Uganda [SHIFTMEDIA] In about a weeks’ time (Feb 5) schools will be opening for the 2024 new term, but amidst this, Food Rights and safety experts have expressed their concern regarding…

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FOOD SAFETY: CSOs Task Government On Food Safety Laws, As Food Poisoning Soars

FOOD SAFETY: CSOs Task Government On Food Safety Laws, As Food Poisoning Soars

By Our Reporter KAMPALA, Uganda [SHIFTMEDIA] Uganda will join the rest of the world on June 7 to celebrate the World Food Safety Day amidst growing concerns of increased food poisoning. At the backdrop of…

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EATING 2 DEATH: Experts Demand For A Nutrition Policy To Address Food Safety

EATING 2 DEATH: Experts Demand For A Nutrition Policy To Address Food Safety

By PATRICK JARAMOGI KAMPALA Uganda [SHIFT MEDIA] There is urgent need to include the right to adequate food in the National Planning Development agenda, experts have advised. The sentiments were echoed during the second National…

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WORLD-FOOD-DAY: Food Insecurity Is Geo-Political

WORLD-FOOD-DAY: Food Insecurity Is Geo-Political

By PATRICK JARAMOGI KAMPALA Uganda [SHIFTMEDIA NEWS]On Sunday October 16, 2022, Uganda will join the rest of the world in celebrating the International World Food Day. The theme for this year’s celebrations to be held…

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THE WAY IT IS: “Address The Underlying Structural Issues As A Remedy To Karamoja Hunger”-CSOs Urge Government

THE WAY IT IS: “Address The Underlying Structural Issues As A Remedy To Karamoja Hunger”-CSOs Urge Government

By Our Reporter KOTIDO, Uganda[SHIFTMEDIA ] The statistics regarding the souls that have perished in Karamoja region due to the looming hunger in recent months will remain unknown. We are talking of over half a…

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CSOs Task Government To Increase Funding To Agriculture As Maize Ban Loss Totals Shs447b

CSOs Task Government To Increase Funding To Agriculture As Maize Ban Loss Totals Shs447b

By PATRICK JARAMOGI KAMPALA-SHIFTMEDIA– The consequences of Kenyan banning Uganda’s maize despite being a member of the East African Community are beginning to bite. Kenya on March 5 2020 slapped a ban on all maize…

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IN OFFING: Rangelands Management Policy To Address Degradation And Bio Diversity Conservation

IN OFFING: Rangelands Management Policy To Address Degradation And Bio Diversity Conservation

By PATRICK  JARAMOGI KAMPALA- SHIFTMEDIA– A new policy that will protect Rangelands in Uganda and promote Biodiversity is in the offing. Rangeland is a land on which the native vegetation is primarily grasses, grass-like plants,…

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“Consider Food Nutrition As SOPs”: Food Rights Activists Urge President Museveni

“Consider Food Nutrition As SOPs”: Food Rights Activists Urge President Museveni

BY PATRICK JARAMOGI KAMPALA, Uganda|SHIFTMEDIA NEWS| “If you don’t make food your medicine, you will make medicine your food. The writing has been put on the wall by food rights activists as the country grapples…

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