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

ABSTRACT:

Background

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.

Objective

The aim of the present paper is to describe the baseline survey of the Drylands Transform project, its setting, methods and key findings.

Methods

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.

Results

Main livelihood forms were pastoralism and agropastoralism, while many households also relied on other sources of inco

SUBMITTER: Schumann B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12024496 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature