Guidelines for Participatory Water Management and Development in Karamoja

KRSU Publication

Guidelines for Participatory Water Management and Development in Karamoja

August 2024
By: Raphael Lotira Arasio, Adrian Cullis

Water resources support key sectors of the economy namely: hydropower generation, agriculture, fisheries, domestic water supply, industry and navigation among others. However, the efficiency and sustainability of water utilization has recently been a concern in Uganda mainly due to inadequate sectoral collaboration in planning and implementation, increasing frequency of floods and droughts, environmental degradation and pollution of water resources.

KRSU Publication

Localized Water and Rangeland Management in Karamoja: Lessons from a participatory review

April 2024

Water and rangeland resources are the basis for livestock production in pastoralist areas of Africa and therefore have major impacts on pastoral livelihoods. Households with insufficient access to water or productive rangeland experience suboptimal herd growth and production, with associated negative impacts on the income and nutritious foods that livestock provide. In common with other African pastoralist and agropastoralist areas,

KRSU Publication

WATER AND RANGELAND IN KARAMOJA

August 2023
By: Anthony Egeru, Simon Peter Longoli, Raphael Lotira

Water and rangeland resources are the basis for livestock production in pastoralist areas of Africa and therefore have major impacts on pastoral livelihoods. Households with insufficient access to water or productive rangeland experience suboptimal herd growth and production, with associated negative impacts on the income and nutritious foods that livestock provide.

KRSU Publication

Drought Risk Management in Karamoja: A Review of Functionality and Capacity

July 2021
By: Yacob Aklilu, Raphael Lotira, Edward Okori

In the history of Karamoja, drought has been one of the most important types of disaster, with major impacts on livelihoods. For livestock-owning households, drought can push both wealthy and poorer households into destitution, and the recovery of herds, their main form of financial capital, takes many years. Drought also has serious impacts on crop production and can decimate harvests. In the case of livestock interventions, there have been notable developments in effective drought response in many countries in the wider East Africa region, including novel partnerships between government, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and private sector to provide early and more cost-effective programming.

Integrated Water Resources Management in Karamoja

May 2016
By: Regina Namara Kamuhanda

The objectives of the gender assessment were 1) To get a clear understanding of the gender dimensions within the catchments; and 2) To identify gender mainstreaming approaches for the project components.