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Western Uganda Food Alliance to Universal Periodic Review (UPR)
This submission to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) details the severe and persistent challenges to the right to adequate food in Uganda. It reveals that a significant portion of the population faces acute food insecurity, chronic undernourishment, and high rates of child stunting. The situation is compounded by a dual burden of malnutrition, where undernourishment coexists with rising diet-related diseases, and a serious public health crisis due to unsafe food and aflatoxin contamination.
These issues are rooted in profound systemic and governance failures. The document identifies the absence of a cohesive legal framework for food and nutrition, leading to uncoordinated efforts across government. Other critical failures include the lack of national strategic food reserves, which crippled the state's response during the COVID-19 lockdown, weak enforcement of food safety standards, inadequate data systems, and insufficient support for small-scale farmers through agricultural extension services.
In response, the submission puts forward urgent recommendations for the Government of Uganda. These include enacting an apex food law to streamline governance, re-establishing national food reserves, and significantly increasing investment in agricultural extension services. The coalition also calls for the development of robust data systems and the stringent enforcement of food safety regulations to systematically address the hunger and nutrition crisis and uphold the fundamental right to food for all Ugandans.
