{"id":292,"date":"2026-08-06T16:04:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T16:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cefroht.ifancy.org\/reimagining-ugandas-food-systems-world-food-day\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T16:04:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T16:04:12","slug":"reimagining-ugandas-food-systems-world-food-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cefroht.ifancy.org\/?p=292","title":{"rendered":"Reimagining Uganda&#8217;s food systems: marking World Food Day with community voices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In commemoration of World Food Day, CEFROHT convened two X Space discussions that brought together farmers, youth innovators, policymakers and community advocates to reimagine Uganda&#8217;s food systems.<\/p>\n<h2>Agroecology in Action<\/h2>\n<p>The discussions were held under the theme <em>Agroecology in Action: Learning, Innovation, and Wealth Creation for Youth and Communities<\/em>. The conversation showcased agroecology as a practical and transformative farming approach that is restoring livelihoods, supporting youth entrepreneurship and strengthening community resilience.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>My call for action is that youth must know agroecology is profitable, but we must prioritise people and planet over profit.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That was Ms. Grace of Kikazi Products, one of several participants who spoke from their own experience rather than from a brief.<\/p>\n<h2>What came out of it<\/h2>\n<p>Together the two discussions sparked vibrant engagement and set the stage for sustained collective action, uniting farmers, youth, policymakers and civil society around a shared vision of healthy food, thriving communities and ecological justice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two X Space discussions brought together farmers, youth innovators, policymakers and community advocates under the theme Agroecology in Action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"cefroht_theme":[],"class_list":["post-292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-agroecology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cefroht.ifancy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cefroht.ifancy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cefroht.ifancy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cefroht.ifancy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cefroht.ifancy.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cefroht.ifancy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cefroht.ifancy.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cefroht.ifancy.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cefroht.ifancy.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=292"},{"taxonomy":"cefroht_theme","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cefroht.ifancy.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcefroht_theme&post=292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}