How To Reduce Poverty and Food Insecurity In Uganda? Accessing Different Platforms

Uganda, the landlocked nation in East Africa, is a landlocked country. Uganda is destined to become a major oil producer, with approximately 6.5 billion gallons of oil reserves on its soil. Uganda, however, remains a low-income country.

Struggled to battle hunger

Even though poverty in Uganda has fallen from 56 percent in 1993 to 21.4 percent in 2016, this country's citizens have struggled to battle hunger.

Uganda suffers from chronic malnutrition as a result of poverty and hunger and food insecurity, which has resulted in over 110,000 infant fatalities between 2004 and 2009. Throughout Uganda, organizations have been dedicated to addressing the issue of hunger.

Poverty in Uganda: Facts and Figures

Uganda's population is rapidly increasing as a result of refugee inflows. Uganda's refugee population has risen from 200,000 in 2012 to even more than 1.2 million now. The country's refugee policy has been praised by the UN High Commissioner of Refugees.

But instead of putting refugees inside camps, Uganda provides them with a plot of land as well as accessibility to services like healthcare and education.

Poverty and Food Insecurity

Emphasized globally to increase productivity

Hunger is becoming more prevalent in Uganda as a result of poverty and food insecurity. Increasing agricultural productivity has been emphasized globally to combat malnutrition.

Although worldwide agricultural productivity has increased, the proportion of people living in poverty in emerging countries continues at 13.5 percent. Whereas the implications vary, Uganda's agricultural reliance has improved supply, but not guaranteed access to food. As a result, there is a lot of food insecurity.

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