Tag Archives: food

Rafah, Egypt | Xinhua |  Twenty trucks loaded with humanitarian aid entered Gaza on Saturday through the Rafah crossing, the only border crossing between the besieged coastal enclave and Egypt, after a two-week blockade. The trucks were loaded with medical aid donated by Egypt’s institutions of the National Alliance for …

Renewable energy must be the foundation to raise agricultural yields, end hunger, reverse environmental degradation COMMENT | KRISTINA SKIERTINA & AISHA MOHAMMED MUSSA | The fabric of our global food system is fraying under the strain of climate change and an ever-expanding population. To prevent it from unraveling, we must embrace …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The East African Community partner states have through their standards regulators agreed on 11 measures aimed at improving the standard of food products on the market. The move is also aimed at ensuring the protection of local consumers against food-borne diseases and a smooth …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has moved to enhance the quality of meat sold on the Ugandan market, setting various standard operating measures for butchers. This after a tour of butchers shops in different places revealed the poor hygienic conditions of …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has tasked schools and heads of institutions in the Acholi Subregion to monitor the procurement of quality grains for feeding their learners in a bid to promote their safety. The call comes amidst concerns about the quality …

Napak, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Napak district have embraced group farming as a means to enhance agricultural productivity, ensure food security, and improve livelihoods. The farmers have organized themselves into groups consisting of 10 to 40 members, cultivating up to five acres of land, depending on the group …

COMMENT | JOSEP BORRELL FONTELLES |On 17 July, nearly one year after it was signed in Istanbul, Russia decided to not renew the Black Sea Grain Initiative (BSGI) that allows Ukraine to export agricultural goods to global markets. As underlined by the Secretary General of the UN, this initiative has …

Determining how to achieve adequate food for all is the right of citizens and the duty of governments COMMENT | NORA MCKEON | When I was a child, my father, who had witnessed the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, told me how common ground was sought around shared …

Researchers cite them as major cause of antenatal malnutrition Kampala, Uganda | AGENCIES | Food taboos are a set of proscriptions of certain foods or food combinations, and are prevalent for different reasons such as cultural, spiritual or ethical around the globe. A taboo against certain foods, such as dairy products, …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 89,000 children under the age of five and 10,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women in the nine districts of Karamoja are in dire need of immediate assistance due to severe malnutrition. This distressing revelation comes from the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification …