Food security is often assessed by measuring levels of under or malnutrition and whether or not children have three meals per day.
There is rampant food insecurity in Uganda and many families are constantly threatened by hunger. More than one in four children under the age of 5 are stunted.
FOLM understands that when communities have a working knowledge on how to improve food supply, they will not only have what to feed on but also their livelihood will improve significantly from the sale of the surplus food. More to that, malnutrition in children under 5 years which is commonly brought about by inadequate diets will drastically reduce and the community will have healthy-looking people who are even economically better.
FOLM refuses to see people perish of hunger. It steps in and mobilizes community stake-holders to learn new ways to improve on their farm production capacity through the provision of trainings, inputs such seedlings and farm tools to aid in having a community stocked with food and income.