Abstract:
Karamoja region is classified as one of the world’s poorest areas, with high rates of malnutrition and a disproportionate number (61 percent) of its 1.2 million people living in absolute poverty (UNFPA, 2018). The region is characterised by low human social and economic development indicators and the lowest per capita cash expenditure relative to national figures (FAO, 2015). Food insecurity is a major and ongoing challenge, and increased climate variability and change have in addition exacerbated the frequency and duration of dry seasons, (Oxfam, 2008; UNFPA, 2018). This has undermined the already limited resources, complicated the situation of feeding livestock and crop production and therefore development in Karamoja. In the region, there are low employment opportunities, to a great extent attributed to low agricultural productivity and income from agriculture.