The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) has advised government and other stake holders to increase investment in agriculture as a solution to food insecurity in the country. "Poor consumers should be assisted with cash vouchers and producers helped with inputs such as fertilizers and seeds to assure food supplies," the Communications Officer of FAO, Rachel Nandelenga advised. Nandelenga was speaking during the World Food Day sensitization workshop in preparation for the world food day scheduled for October 16 in Arua (northern Uganda). Nandelenga explained that investment in infrastructure, marketing systems, extension and communication services can increase food supply and improve the functioning of local agricultural markets resulting in less volatile prices.
"The level of net investments required is around $83 billion a year to help millions of people escape poverty and help restore long term stability to agricultural markets," Nandelenga added.
Nandelenga refereed to the high population growth in the country compounded to the erratic metrological phenomena produced by global warming and climate change that hurt food security.
"Continued under funding of agriculture by rich and poor countries alike is the main cause of the problems of food security that we face today," she noted.
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