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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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TOUGH: Rural Women Cry Foul Over Limited Resources for Agriculture

TOUGH: Rural Women Cry Foul Over Limited Resources for Agriculture

By Our Reporter KAMPALA, Uganda |SHIFTMEDIA| Limited access to productive resources, a prerequisite for income generation in agriculture is hurting rural women.  The women constitute 76% of the labor force in Uganda, it remains sad…

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CALL: Under Funding The Water & Environment Sector May Hurt Achieving SSD Goals- Experts

CALL: Under Funding The Water & Environment Sector May Hurt Achieving SSD Goals- Experts

By PATRICK JARAMOGI KAMPALA-SHIFTMEDIA-  Uganda risks missing out on the Sustainable Development Goals (SSD) target due to underfunding of the Water and Environment sectors, experts have warned. These were the sentiments resonated by over 40…

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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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Ray Of Hope In Gulu As Hivos Addresses Dietary Challenges Among Households

Ray Of Hope In Gulu As Hivos Addresses Dietary Challenges Among Households

 BY PATRICK JARAMOGI GULU, Uganda: Some four years ago Janet Achiro would only dream of having a decent meal. Achiro a resident of Bardege Division in Gulu is among the scores of others who have…

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FRA Steering The Path For Uganda’s Food Nutrition and Food Security

FRA Steering The Path For Uganda’s Food Nutrition and Food Security

BY PATRICK JARAMOGI  KAMPALA, Uganda: The sorry state of food and nutrition security in Uganda is not due to the absence of resources or food, but rather an issue of organization and planning. Despite various…

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Illegal Land Evictions On The Rise During COVID-19

Illegal Land Evictions On The Rise During COVID-19

BY PATRICK JARAMOGI KAMPALA, Uganda|SHIFTMEDIA|Scores of Ugandans have been faced with evictions during this COVID-19 lockdown despite a government ban on such. Reports from Amuru, Kiryadongo, Atiak, Hoima, Mubende, and Kween indicate that “powerful” land…

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Hivos East Africa, Climate Tracker Sustainable Food Stories Fellowship Launched

Hivos East Africa, Climate Tracker Sustainable Food Stories Fellowship Launched

BY PATRICK JARAMOGI KAMPALA, Ugana|SHIFTMEDIA|The Climate Tracker campaign in Kenya, Uganda, and Zambia has launched a sustainable Food Media campaign to address food security amidst COVID-19 pandemic. The online campaign supported with Hivos East Africa…

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4.4 Million Ugandans Fall Sick Annually Due to Unsafe Food

4.4 Million Ugandans Fall Sick Annually Due to Unsafe Food

BY PATRICK JARAMOGI KAMPALA, Uganda|SHIFTMEDIA| Food safety is everyone’s business! This is the theme for this year’s World Food Safety Day. COVID-19 pandemic aside, Uganda is grappling with an issue of unsafe food that is…

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