Livelihood dynamics and challenges to wellbeing in the drylands of rural East Africa – the Drylands Transform study population in the Karamoja border region

The Karamoja region in the East African drylands is a rural, impoverished setting where pastoralism is increasingly replaced by other livelihood strategies. Understanding the socioeconomic contexts as well as their local variations is key for sustainable development of communities. The aim of the pr...

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Veröffentlicht in:Global health action Jg. 18; H. 1; S. 2490330
Hauptverfasser: Schumann, Barbara, Turinawe, Alice, Lindvall, Kristina, Kyanjo, Joseph Lule, Kuule, Derick Ansyijar, Kawira, Caroline, Mwangi, Annrose, Mwangi, Peter, Hörnell, Agneta
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: United States Taylor & Francis Group 2025
Schlagworte:
Adult
Africa, Eastern
Agriculture
agro-pastoralism
Child, Preschool
Climate Change
Development Studies
Family Characteristics
Female
Food Supply - statistics & numerical data
Health and Caring Sciences
Humans
Hälsovetenskap
Income
Infant
Kenya
Kenya - epidemiology
Male
malnutrition
Malnutrition - epidemiology
Middle Aged
Rural Population - statistics & numerical data
Socioeconomic Factors
Surveys and Questionnaires
sustainable development
Uganda
Uganda - epidemiology
Utvecklingsstudier
Africa, Eastern
Kenya
Uganda
sustainable development
agro-pastoralism
malnutrition
Uganda
Kenya
ISSN:1654-9716, 1654-9880, 1654-9880
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Zusammenfassung:The Karamoja region in the East African drylands is a rural, impoverished setting where pastoralism is increasingly replaced by other livelihood strategies. Understanding the socioeconomic contexts as well as their local variations is key for sustainable development of communities. The aim of the present paper is to describe the baseline survey of the Drylands Transform project, its setting, methods and key findings. In June 2022, a survey was conducted with 944 randomly selected households at four study sites in the Karamoja border region of Kenya and Uganda. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Main livelihood forms were pastoralism and agropastoralism, while many households also relied on other sources of income. At some study sites, livestock keeping was abandoned by many residents due to cattle raiding and droughts. Only 4% of households were rated as food secure. The proportion of malnutrition among children aged 6-59 months varied across sites between 3% and 17% and was considerably higher among women. Climate change, water shortage, social conflicts and marginalization pose barriers to food security and wellbeing for rural populations in the East African drylands. There are, however, opportunities for development through income diversification, the improvement of land health, the promotion of kitchen gardens and other measures of sustainable agriculture.
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ISSN:1654-9716
1654-9880
1654-9880
DOI:10.1080/16549716.2025.2490330