Agro-Nutrition: The role of orange-fleshed sweetpotato in building resilient refugee communities in South-Western Uganda

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden
cg.contributor.initiativeSeed Equal
cg.coverage.countryUganda
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2UG
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.identifier.urlhttps://cipotato.org/blog/agro-nutrition-role-orange-fleshed-sweet-potato-building-resilient-refugee-communities-uganda/en
cg.subject.actionAreaResilient Agrifood Systems
cg.subject.actionAreaSystems Transformation
cg.subject.cipNUTRITIONen
cg.subject.cipNUTRITIONAL SECURITYen
cg.subject.cipCLIMATE-SMART AGRICULTUREen
cg.subject.cipFOOD SECURITYen
cg.subject.cipINCLUSIVE GROWTHen
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food security
cg.subject.impactAreaGender equality, youth and social inclusion
cg.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero hungeren
cg.subject.sdgSDG 3 - Good health and well-beingen
cg.subject.sdgSDG 12 - Responsible consumption and productionen
cg.subject.sdgSDG 13 - Climate actionen
cg.subject.sdgSDG 17 - Partnerships for the goalsen
dc.contributor.authorInternational Potato Centeren
dc.date.accessioned2024-12-12T20:57:28Zen
dc.date.available2024-12-12T20:57:28Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/163427
dc.titleAgro-Nutrition: The role of orange-fleshed sweetpotato in building resilient refugee communities in South-Western Ugandaen
dcterms.abstractAs of 2024, the global refugee population has surged to 43.4 million, a significant increase from 41 million in 2010! Uganda, now hosting over 1.74 million refugees, has emerged as Africa’s largest and the world’s fifth-largest refugee host nation. This influx has placed immense strain on the country’s resources, with refugees facing constant vulnerability and heavy reliance on humanitarian aid. To mitigate this dependency, Uganda has shifted its focus towards promoting self-reliance among refugees. This strategic shift has been catalysed by the gradual reduction in food aid and resources. To support this transition, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the World Food Programme (WFP) established a hub to coordinate aid efforts among various agencies and NGOs. In 2019-2020, the International Potato Center (CIP) and WFP, in collaboration with other partners, initiated an agro-nutrition pilot project. Recognizing the strong link between food insecurity and poor diets, the project aimed to improve the nutritional status of refugee communities and school children by promoting the cultivation of Vitamin A-rich, orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) within schools and refugee communities. The success of this pilot has led to the integration of OFSP into Uganda’s self-reliance model across South-Western Uganda in 2024. A 2023 UNICEF report highlights the significant nutritional gap, with only 17.9% of refugees and 32.7% of host communities consuming sufficient Vitamin A-rich foods. However, a positive trend is emerging, as 69.6% of refugee households have embraced alternative livelihood strategies to complement government support, signalling a growing commitment to self-reliance and reducing dependency on external aid.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceAcademicsen
dcterms.audienceCGIARen
dcterms.audienceDevelopment Practitionersen
dcterms.audienceDonorsen
dcterms.audienceExtensionen
dcterms.audienceFarmersen
dcterms.audienceGeneral Publicen
dcterms.audienceNGOsen
dcterms.audiencePolicy Makersen
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationInternational Potato Center. 2024. Agro-Nutrition: The role of orange-fleshed sweetpotato in building resilient refugee communities in South-Western Uganda. CIP.en
dcterms.issued2024-12en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.subjectsweet potatoesen
dcterms.subjectnutritionen
dcterms.subjectfood securityen
dcterms.subjectretinolen
dcterms.subjectrefugeesen
dcterms.typeBlog Post

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