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The rapidly urbanizing city of Kampala (Uganda) has suffered food accessibility issues during the Covid-19 lockdown crisis in 2020. We will show the research results of a rapid response brief which was shared in April 2020 with the Covid-19 task force of the Kampala Capital City Authority. Our analysis shows how the dimensions of food access (physical, social and economic) relate to the food insecurity and dietary diversity of different socioeconomic groups in Kampala. To quantify food consumption, we use the Food Insecurity Experience Scale and Household Dietary Diversity Score. We geographically map the formal food system potential to measure the physical accessibility of various socioeconomic groups. The results demonstrate that more established urban inhabitants experience different access vulnerabilities than newly migrated residents, depending on their income. Therefore, in order to evolve to more food secure cities, a better understanding of the dimensions of food accessibility is necessary. Such knowledge can support stakeholders in the urban food system in their long-term policy making, but also in their short-term response to sudden shocks. This presentation will outline how the Covid-19 rapid response brief was disseminated and used by various stakeholders in Kampala’s food system as a basis for emergency food distribution.