Food Security

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Introduction

The focus of the Agri-ProFocus thematic group on food security is on empowering farmers to move from subsistence to farmer entrepreneurship, without jeopardising their household food security.

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The activities are clustered around two major clusters of activities:

Activity cluster 1:   Action research on Lango and Acholi regions  
 

Collaborating organisations

Coordination is in the hands of Wilma Rozenga of ICCO. Other active members are Oxfam and ZOA and their partners in Lango and Acholi regions. Interested members in the topic are also Broederlijk Delen, Gulu University, and Environmental Alert.

The following activities are planned:

2011

• Identify other partners / linkages on Food Security- Ongoing
• Desk study - Ongoing
• Partner meeting to set action research agenda - May 2011
• Action-research - June-July 2011
• Dissemination of Results - Continuously

2010

• Development of Group Terms of Reference
• Information sharing and linking

Outputs and documents

• Report of the validation workshop in Lira on food security.
• 110612 Final Report Desk Study- Food security and farmer entrepreneurship in areas that are in transition from emergency to development - Lango and Acholi Region.doc
• 110504 ToR desk study commercialisation in Northern Uganda
• 110330 ToR food security Agri-ProFocus

Activity cluster 2.   Food security consultation EKN-Agri-ProFocus

In May - June 2011, the Agri-ProFocus Uganda network and the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (EKN) have implemented a joint consultation among Ugandan stakeholders and Agri-ProFocus Dutch members on Food Security. The aim of this itinerary finds its inspiration in:

• The wish of EKN Uganda to develop a new multi-annual strategic plan to support Food Security in Uganda.
• The identification within Agri-ProFocus Uganda of Food Security as a cross-cutting issue in which several Agri-ProFocus members have taken a specific interest.

This broad consultation was to share knowledge and good practices as well as mapping relevant stakeholders involved in food security in Uganda and resulted in highlighting priorities. 

Collaborating organizations

The process has taken advantage of Agri-ProFocus Uganda thematic groups with a special role of the “Food Security Group" (see below under activity cluster 2) to compile and package all relevant knowledge and information. On the coordinating team for this consultation were Bernard Conilh de Beyssac (for Agri-ProFocus), Charles Drazu (EKN), and Sarah Muzaki (Agri-ProFocus) as well as Willem Heemskerk (KIT).

Outputs and documents

• 110630 Context_Paper_Food_Security_Uganda_Final_Draft
• 110620 Notes Round Table - EKN-Agri-ProFocus Consultation Food Security Uganda
• 110616 Overview of Food Security Constraints, Opportunities and Best Practice in Uganda
• 11060 Draft Context Paper Food Security Uganda
• 110530 Write-up consultation Finance and Food Security
• 110530 Write-up consultation Policy Engagement and Food Security
• 110530 Write-up consultation Marketing information and Food Security
• 110530 Write-up consultation Farmers Organisations and Food Security
• 110513 Template Collecting Good Practices on Food Security
• 110511 discussion paper farmers organisations 'group on food security
• 110511 discussion paper policy group on food security
• 110511 discussion paper market information group on food security
• 110511 discussion paper financial services group on food security
• 110511 discussion paper farming services group on food security
• 110511 Agri-ProFocus-EKN Background document on Food Security
• 110511 terms of reference EKN-Agri-ProFocus consultation
• 110429 Agri-ProFocus Coordination meeting minutes on food security
• 110418 Report dialogue meeting on food security with the Dutch Ambassador to Uganda
• 110515 Overview Activities Dutch NGOs in Uganda
• Overview papers of Dutch partners: Agriterra, BiD Network, Cordaid, ETC, Heifer, Hivos, ICCO, IICD, Oxfam Novib, Solidaridad, The Hunger Project, Woord en Daad, WUR-LEI, ZOA
• Activities of Dutch Knowledge Institutes:WUR-VC4PPD, WUR-Seed Policy, AELBI-Sustainable Food Security, ICRA, Kadaster Netherlands-Land administration, KIT-Food Security 2.0, PTC+, WUR-Banana,WUR-CDI-Africa Afri-Business Academy,WUR-Climate Change
• Activities of Dutch Private sector:CBI, EVD

Further Reading (Delicious/tag/apf_uganda foodsecurity)

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