“Food Is Medicine”: LFAU Pushes Plant Foods, Urban Farming to Fight Uganda’s Nutrition Crisis.
By Paul Galiwango, Entebbe Environmentalists and human rights defenders under Luv 4 All Foundation Uganda, LFAU, have launched a nationwide campaign that puts plant-based foods at the center of Uganda’s fight against malnutrition. The launch, held at Lake Victoria Hotel Entebbe, drew local leaders, researchers, and community advocates who say small-scale urban farming could be a game-changer for nutrition in space-constrained communities. The scale of the problem LFAU director Mike Musisi opened with stark numbers from the 2025–2026 Integrated Food Security Phase Classification report and UNICEF data: Group Estimated cases of acute malnutrition Coverage Children 6 months – 5 years 428,000 Across 43 districts Pregnant or breastfeeding women 84,000 Across 43 districts Musisi argued that Uganda, as a food basket for East Africa, shouldn’t be seeing these numbers. The gap,...