LIVESTOCK AND POVERTY IN KARAMOJA AN ANALYSIS OF LIVESTOCK OWNERSHIP, THRESHOLDS, AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS

KRSU Publication

Livestock, Wealth and Poverty in Karamoja

May 2019
By: Andy Catley, Mesfin Ayele

KRSU Publication

Hidden Peaks: Women’s Knowledge on the Seasonality and Root Causes of Child Malnutrition in Karamoja, Uganda and Their Programming Preferences

November 2018
By: Raphael Lotira, Charles Hopkins, Andy Catley

This report from the KRSU uses participatory epidemiology to understand women’s knowledge on the seasonality and causes of child malnutrition in Karamoja. The report provides important new information on the timing of peaks in child malnutrition, women’s views on the main causes of malnutrition and the relative importance of these causes, and women’s preferences for programs to reduce malnutrition

KRSU Publication

LIVESTOCK AND POVERTY IN KARAMOJA AN ANALYSIS OF LIVESTOCK OWNERSHIP, THRESHOLDS, AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS

October 2018
By: Andy Catley, Mesfin Ayele

In pastoralist and agro-pastoralist households in East Africa, livestock not cash are usually the main financial asset. Animals are sold to buy grain and to meet other domestic needs, and animals also provide food, especially milk, for direct human consumption.

KRSU Publication

Livestock and Poverty in Karamoja – An Analysis of Livestock Ownership, Thresholds, and Policy Implications

October 2018
By: Andy Catley, Mesfin Ayele

This report analyses poverty in Karamoja from the perspective of livestock ownership, and uses a livestock threshold to categorize households as poor and non-poor. High levels of livestock poverty are then discussed in relation to programming and policy options

Community-Based Animal Health Workers in the Horn of Africa: An Evaluation for the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance

March 2014
By: Raphael Lotira, Tim Leyland, Andy Catley, Geze Bekele, Dawit Abebe

Evaluation of USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA)-funded Community-Based Animal Health Worker (CAHW) programs in the Horn of Africa