Fortification of Vegetable oil and Sugar with Vitamin A in Uganda

C. Accelerating the Pace of Fortification: Toward a More Evidence-Based
Approach
A more formal, evidence-based fortification policy in Uganda is needed. Developing one
will require the National Working Group on Food Fortification (NWGFF) to establish a
new initiative that emphasizes developing and using data and documents, and making
them readily and widely available to not only members of the NWGFF, but the general
public. This evidence-based approach identifies the program’s progress and goals and
increases the likelihood of its permanence and continuous success.
The public sector needs to understand the context and plight of its private sector partners
to create an environment of mutual trust and partnership. The economics of potential
food industries and how fortification might affect them must be examined. This report
discusses some economic aspects of sugar production in Uganda to sensitize the public to
their situation, their interests, their concerns, and the uncertainties that they confront, so
they better understand the sugar industry’s position and can identify leverage possibilities
that will encourage these companies to fortify. A similar, but less in-depth analysis of
Uganda’s vegetable oil industry is discussed. The study examines the government’s cost
to enforce and supervise food fortification activities.
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