CEFOSI
Welcome Message from the Executive Director

A Message from Dr. Abel Atukwase

Our dear esteemed partners, stakeholders, and friends;
It is with great enthusiasm and a deep sense of purpose that I welcome you to the Centre for Food Systems Innovation (CEFOSI). As the Executive Director, I am honored to lead an organization that is passionately committed to transforming food systems for a healthier, more equitable, and sustainable world.

At CEFOSI, we believe that sustainable food systems are the cornerstone of thriving communities. Our mission is to drive innovation and collaboration across food value chains, enabling communities to achieve food security, better nutrition, and economic empowerment. Through our work in research, capacity building, policy advocacy, and climate-smart agriculture, we strive to address the pressing challenges of food safety, nutrition, and sustainability in Uganda and beyond.


Centre for Food Systems Innovation (CEFOSI)

To be a global leader in transforming food systems for a healthier, more equitable, and sustainable world.
- Our Vision

Our Mission is; To drive innovation and collaboration across food value chains, enabling communities to achieve food security, better nutrition, and economic empowerment.



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Our Core Values

Sustainability: Committed to promoting practices that ensure long-term environmental, social, and economic viability.

Innovation: Leveraging research, technology, and creative approaches to solve complex food system challenges.

Collaboration: Partnering with diverse stakeholders to foster synergies and maximize impact.

Integrity: Operating with transparency, accountability, and ethical standards.

Inclusivity: Prioritizing the empowerment of marginalized groups, including women, youth, and smallholder farmers.

Our Services

We are committed to creating resilient food systems that address, agribusiness development food security, nutrition, food safety, and sustainability challenges in communities in Uganda and beyond.

Research &
Development


Conducting studies on food systems sustainability, nutrition, and climate resilience, driving innovations in food production, processing, and distribution, and studies on food environment and advocacy.

Research & Development

Policy Advocacy
Innitiatives


Conducting studies on food and nutrition policy, providing evidence-based recommendations to inform food and nutrition policies, engaging with policymakers to promote enabling environments for food system reforms.

Food Safety &
Quality Assurance


Addressing poor hygiene and sanitation practices, working with authorities to enhance capacity for improving enforcement of food safety regulations, facilitating access to clean water and storage facilities, enabling food safety awareness and education.

Capacity Building
Programs


Offering training programs for farmers, agripreneurs, and food system stakeholders, especially government agencies, facilitating knowledge transfer through workshops, seminars, and hands-on demonstrations.

Advancing Climate-smart
Agriculture


Sustainable land and water management, climate-resilient crop and livestock practices, efficient use of resources, policy and institutional support, knowledge and information systems, integrated landscape management.

Market Linkages


Strengthening connections between producers, processors, and markets, supporting commercialization efforts for sustainable and fortified food products, supporting the creation of business incubation centers to encourage the growth of small-scale businesses that support food systems.

Project Management


Designing and implementing multi-stakeholder food system initiatives, monitoring and evaluating program impacts to ensure long-term success.


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Meet Our experts

Partnering with diverse stakeholders to foster synergies and maximize impact.
Dr. Abel Atukwase
Dr. Abel Atukwase

Executive Director

Food Safety and Food Systems Expert

Dr. Gaston A. Tumuhimbise
Dr. Gaston A. Tumuhimbise

Director

Food and Nutrition Systems Expert

Dr. Robert Okello Ongom
Dr. Robert Okello Ongom

Consultant

Climate Smart Agriculture

Dr. Edward Kansiime
Dr. Edward Kansiime

Consultant

Pedagogy and Curriculum Dev't

Dr. Catherine Ndagire Tamale
Dr. Catherine Ndagire Tamale

Consultant

Human Nutrition and Dietetics

dR Richard
Dr. Richard Bukenya

Consultant

Nutrition Behaviour Change

Ms . Christina Nuwahereza
Ms . Christina Nuwahereza

Consultant

Nutrition Epidemiology

Mr. James Kakande
Mr. James Kakande

Consultant

Biostatistician

Mr. Vincent Ssekajja
Mr. Vincent Ssekajja

Consultant

Public Health Nutrition Specialist

Dr. Alice Turinawe
Dr. Alice Turinawe

Consultant

Socio-economist

Dr. John Mary Kanyamurwa
Dr. John Mary Kanyamurwa

Consultant

Public Policy

Dr. Allan Komakech
Dr. Allan Komakech

Consultant

Climate Smart Technologies

Our Partners

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At CEFOSI, we are committed to transforming food systems through research, innovation, and collaboration to ensure food security, nutrition, and sustainability for communities in Uganda and beyond.


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Address:
Microfinance Support Centre Building,
Sir Appolo Kaggwa Road
P.O Box 175163, Kampala-Uganda
Phone: +256774468261
Email: secretariat@cefosi.org.ug
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