Digital Pathways to Healthier Diets: How Uganda’s Agri-Food MSMEs are Reshaping Food Systems

Micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are emerging as powerful drivers of food systems transformation in Uganda. Through digital innovation, these enterprises are addressing persistent bottlenecks in agricultural value chains, making it easier for farmers to access quality inputs, receive expert advice, and deliver nutritious foods to markets efficiently. (see the EzyAgric example).

A 2022 scoping study by the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, under the CGIAR Re-thinking Food Markets Initiative (work that is currently under the CGIAR Science Program on Better Diets and Nutrition), documented nearly 30 digital innovations led by MSMEs. These tools support a wide spectrum of agri-food functions from pre-planting to postharvest, with clear opportunities to improve the availability, accessibility and quality of foods to consumers.