Our Results

Expanding Food Security and reducing malnutrition for rural communities in Uganda

Uganda

Stand Out Results:

Over the life of the project

  • 20% reduction in damage in potato seed stored for more than three months
  • 40% increase in households using latrines
  • 75% increase in households using refuse pits
  • 39% increase in the proportion of households with a dietary diversity score of three
  • The average months of adequate household food provisioning increased from 4 at baseline to 5.5 months by October 2006.
  • The average annual volume (kg) of household production of potatoes, beans, orange sweet potatoes and bananas increased by 26% from 2500 to 3160kgs, largely through increased yields per ha.
  • 30% decrease in post harvest losses of beans
  • 75 km. of motorable road were constructed and the 116 new businesses were established along the upgraded roads
  • 18% decrease in stunting among children 2-6 years of age
  • 21% decrease in children under the age of 3 who are underweight
  • 71% increase in proportion of households adopting adequate sanitation practices


Project: Uganda Food Security Initiative Phase II FY 2001- FY 2005

Budget: $7.3 Million

Funders: USAID

Country/Timeframe: Uganda/2001-2005

The Problem: Rural poverty and malnutrition are severe in south-western Uganda. The country’s food security is threatened by high population density, low productivity, and a fragile economy, in which average soil losses are among the highest in Sub-saharan Africa. Unreliable and poorly constructed roads hinder farm-to-market movement, agro-business and access to integral social services.

Long Term Goal: Improve household food security and nutrition in Uganda through agricultural productivity, natural resource management, infrastructural development.

Project Objectives:

Phase 1

  • Agriculture and nutrition, rural roads, natural resource management and local capacity building

Phase 2

  • Extension of activities to additional food-insecure areas of Kabale and four additional districts
  • A phase-out of Africare supported agriculture, natural resource management and nutrition activities in the Phase I communities
  • Greater attention to decreasing child malnutrition and increasing existing national and district level government commitments to address malnutrition and development needs in southwestern Uganda.