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(By the door) Ms. Agnes Kirabo, the Executive Director-Food Rights Alliance addresses participants.

Tuesday 11th/04/2023 – The Africa Innovations Institute (AfrII) today hosted a project planning meeting to streamline and harmonize work plans and activities among partners to fast-track implementation of the CAtalyzing Strengthened policy aCtion for heAlthy Diets and resiliencE (CASCADE) project in the Karamoja, Acholi, and Tooro regions. Project partners from Food Rights Alliance (FRA), Kyambogo University (KYU) and AfrII presented their work plan for teams to explore areas of harmonization during the meeting being held in the AfrII Boardroom.

In attendance is AfrII CEO Prof. G.W. Otim-Nape, the Executive Director, Food Rights Alliance- Ms. Agnes Kirabo, The Project Coordinator-AfrII’s Dr. Muniirah Mbabazi, AfrII’s Nutrition and Innovations Manager for the CASCADE Project-Mr. Wilson Kirabira, Ms. Claire Atukunda-FRA Program Policy and Advocacy Manager, and other core project implementation team members from AfrII, FRA, and Kyambogo University.

(Raised hand) Ms. Claire Atukunda-FRA Program Policy and Advocacy Manager briefs members during the meeting.

CASCADE is a multi-country project implemented in 6 countries in Africa including Uganda. The project aims to improve food security and contribute to the reduction of malnutrition of at least 1 million Women of Reproductive Age (WRA) and Children in Benin, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Mozambique, and Uganda. In Uganda, CASCADE will be implemented in a selected 15 districts in the Acholi Region, Tooro region, and the Karamoja Region. These districts were selected owing to the high levels of malnutrition, poverty, and displaced populations. The CASCADE will be aligned with the Nutrition for Growth (N4G) commitments and Uganda’s UNFSS pathway to transform food systems and seeks to operationalize actions deemed to reduce malnutrition among women and children in the Uganda Nutrition Action Plan II (UNAP II). Under CASCADE, AfrII will implement domain 4 which seeks to strengthen women’s capacities to benefit from nutrition-related policies by enabling them to produce, prepare and consume healthy diets.   Specifically, AfrII will implement strategic actions that seek to;

  1. -Increase women’s access to and control over resources to produce, prepare and consume healthy diets
  2. -Strengthen knowledge and skills of women small-scale producers on producing, preparing, and consuming healthy diets;
  3. -Increase households’ knowledge, attitudes and practices in nutrition and WASH specifically, food safety.
  4. -Support local agriculture extension systems with tools and modules promoting healthy diet preparation and consumption among female small-scale producers,
  5. -Support programmes aimed at improving nutrition outcomes of vulnerable populations and the organization of behavior change campaigns.

The CASCADE Project is funded by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs through Care International

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