The Plan of Action (PoA) is a planning tool conceived to concretely and efficiently set a technically appropriate framework for interventions by the Uganda FSAL agencies in Northern Uganda in the 2008/09 period. It is a ‘live’ and dynamic document reflecting the premise, progress, and results of a crisis management programme cycle. Conceptually, the PoA aims to contribute to the formulation of the Consolidated Appeal Process (CAP) in terms of information and targeting. Alternatively, in the absence of an institutional tool, the PoA can sustain the appealing process as well as advocate for a ‘connectedness’ between the emergency and development assistance. Operationally, the realisation of the PoA is achieved through the existing food security and agricultural livelihoods interagency cluster and this framework have the buy-in, ownership and support of local and central Government, communities, national and international NGOs, UN agencies and donors. The interagency cluster - co-chaired by the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), FAO and WFP - provides a forum for information exchange and consensus building, ultimately leading to an enhanced response and a more balanced allocation of resources. The PoA’s structure follows the sequence of a logical framework progressing from Situation Analysis to Response Options Analysis, Response Planning, Response Implementation, and Monitoring and Evaluation. In order to effectively reflect the changing context of the North, the PoA will be periodically updated to incorporate additional information and adjust the response to the new situation whenever required. Additional video documents will be developed to detail implementation methodologies for specific activities selected on best practices considerations. The2008/09PlanofActionforNorthernUgandahasbeendesignedtotacklesomekeyaspectsof foodinsecurityforrural-poorcommunitiesinpost-conflictsituationareas(NorthernUganda)and marginal productive areas (North-Eastern Uganda), by using and building on existing bottom-up and community-based approaches. Furthermore, the document has been developed as a complementary livelihood, food security and vulnerability reduction tool to link the 2008 Uganda CAP with longer-term strategic documents.Inparticular,the2008/09PoAlinkstothePovertyEradicationActionPlan(PEAP),the Poverty Reduction Development Plan (PRDP), the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) strategy for Northern Uganda, the Uganda Food and Nutrition Strategy the Karamoja Integrated DisarmamentandDevelopmentProgramme(KIDDP)andthedrafttransitionstrategyfortheLRAaffected North. Finally, the PoA also complements the UN consultative process for the Horn of Africa initiative which was initiated at the request of the UN Special Humanitarian Envoy for the Horn of Africa, Kjell Magne Bondevik, in November 2006. As an expression of its commitment to the Horn of Africa process, GOU has given its support to the development of this PoA for the Food Security Cluster, and the PoA itself draws on the recommendations and proposed actions provided by the Uganda Horn of Africa Report1