Inadequate feeding blamed on food wastage

Oct 12, 2019

The Zero Hunger Walk attracted officials from the agriculture ministry, World Food Program, Food and Agriculture Food Rights Alliance among others

The Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) director for agricultural extension services, Beatrice Byarugaba, has blamed the available inadequate feeding in the country on some Ugandans whom she said waste food.

Byarugaba made the remarks at Parliament on Friday during the Zero Hunger Walk that was organised by MAAIF and its partners including Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), World Food Program as one of the events organised to commemorate World Food Day.

This years' event was organised under the theme ‘Our Actions Are Our Future Healthy Diets For A Zero Hunger World'.

"At harvest, some people cook too much food that they can't finish wasting a lot of it that would have helped them in hard times," she said.

She said when some of the people harvest, they sell all the produce leaving them with no food to take them throughout the year.

 

Byarugaba, however, said the ministry is implementing several interventions like sensitising of the public on food storage and good feeding to prevent food shortage and diseases.

The walk

The Zero Hunger Walk attracted officials from MAAIF, World Food Program, Food and Agriculture Food Rights Alliance among others.

Other participants included primary pupils, secondary students, and those from institutions of higher learning.

The team walked through streets of Kampala from Wandegeya to Parliament in the company of a brass band.

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