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Food Security

Mar 21, 2025

In Bukedi sub-region, elders have fond memories of finger millet: in the good old days, they made millet beer from...

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Feb 8, 2021

The tracking of the progress in the implementation of the 2030 agenda of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) is being...

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Jul 23, 2019

Malnutrition remains a major health problem faced by Ugandans, especially women and children aged below five years despite the country...

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Nov 1, 2017

Women sell vegetables along Gayaza road in Kalerwe Trading Centre. Such food production is expected to grow by about 60...

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Apr 3, 2017

Dr. Sarah Ssewanyana (R) The Executive Director, Economic Policy Research Centre jots comments from legislatures after presenting the SDG 2...

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Dec 23, 2016

One of the challenges facing government’s Operation Wealth Creation (OWC) programme is the rejection of input supplies by the intended...

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Nov 30, 2016

Economic Policy Research Centre and UNICEF conducted regional orientation workshops to advance Uganda’s National Child-Focused Policy Research Agenda 2016-2020. Two dissemination workshops...

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Oct 8, 2015

In Uganda, food production has grown at a slower pace, 2 percent, than the growth in population, 3.2 percent. The...

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Sep 24, 2015

Rice has increasingly become a staple food in Uganda. However, the largest share of the rice consumed is imported; but...

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