In July 2024 at the ISU CALS satellite campus in Kamuli, Uganda, the Iowa State University-Uganda Program (ISU-UP) hosted and co-sponsored with the World Food Prize Foundation (WFPF) a Uganda Youth Institute. Attending were 42 high school students from 21 schools and their teachers, along with the Kamuli District Education Officer and the Kamuli Municipality Education Officer. The institute was a 10-month process with high school students researching topics impacting food security in a country different than Uganda and presenting their findings in mini-Institutes at their schools before being selected to attend the Uganda Youth Institute.  

Jon Wogman, WFPF director of youth programs and partnerships participated in the event. Martin Lukwata, specialist in youth programs with ISU-UP and Gail Nonnecke, Morrill Professor, Global Resource Systems and Horticulture, led the efforts, along with the national director and additional educational specialists from ISU-UP. Also participating from CALS were David Acker, Andy Zehr who leads the Iowa Youth Institute, Saul Abarca, Catherine Swoboda, Rebecca Wokibula (PhD graduate student, Soil Science) and 10 Iowa State and 20 Makerere University undergraduate students.