The Uganda FOod Change Lab - Planning for a sustainable food system in the face of rapid urbanisation
To gather and convene local stakeholders in the Fort Portal/Kabarole region around the food-related issues; to coordinate and facilitate input to (food) policy and decision making processes.
The Uganda/Fort Portal Food Change Lab has been facilitating a structural dialogue between different CSOs, SMEs, informal food system actors and local authorities on food-related matters in Fort Portal, Kabarole district since 2016. Activities taken forward by KRC and Hivos include nutritional talk shows on local radio, mobilizing urban and rural households to promote healthy eating (especially indigenous food varieties) and mobilizing informal street food vendors to take the lead in establishing their legitimacy and recognizing their capacity for collective action. Various policy propositions have been made, and local regulatory frameworks have been influenced (e.g. a local ordinance on legalizing and organizing street food vending) in Fort Portal.
Supporting document(s)
Uganda-Food-Change-Lab.pdf
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