In Fort Portal City, Western Uganda, the urban areas are experiencing a rise in food insecurity. Low-income urban consumers may lack the ability to store food and may struggle to afford fuel for cooking. Typically, they buy food every day from informal traders and street vendors. Traditional foods that require more time to prepare are losing out to ‘faster’ foods. An earlier study by KRC- Uganda in Fort Portal City also showed that food choices are undergoing constant change (relevant for indigenous food to new varieties and highly processed foods). The study aimed at identifying the bottlenecks in the Fort Portal Food system and detecting possible ways to trigger stakeholders […]
