Applying livestock thresholds to examine poverty in Karamoja

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dc.contributor.authorCatley, Andy
dc.contributor.authorAyele, Mesfin
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-17T08:54:26Z
dc.date.available2023-11-17T08:54:26Z
dc.date.issued2021-11
dc.description.abstractAbstract In pastoralist and agro-pastoralist areas, wealth and poverty are closely aligned to levels of livestock ownership and social inclusion. Whereas cash income per capita is a useful measure of poverty in non-pastoralist areas, measures of livestock ownership per capita are needed to understand poverty in pastoralist systems. This study estimated a livestock threshold for agro-pastoralist households in Karamoja, being the minimum per capita ownership of livestock needed to sustain a predominantly agro-pastoral livelihood. The study then applied the livestock threshold to pre-existing livestock population data to estimate the proportions of households above and below the threshold. Using an estimated livestock threshold of 3.3 Tropical Livestock Units (TLU)/capita for agro-pastoralism, 56.5% of households in Karamoja’s main livestock-keeping districts were below the threshold and could be categorized as livestock-poor. The ownership of livestock was skewed in two main ways. First, there was a high-end skew with the wealthiest 30% of households owning 69.3% of all livestock in terms of TLU. Second, there was a low-end skew. Among poorer households, below the 3.3 TLU/capita livestock threshold, livestock ownership was skewed away from the threshold. Forty-seven per cent of these households owned only 1.2 TLU/capita or less; 13% of households owned no livestock at all. These findings are discussed, with programming and policy recommendations.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research was funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Irish Aid, and the Department for International Development, United Kingdom (DFID) under USAID contract number 617- 15-000014 to Tufts University for the Karamoja Resilience Support Unit.en_US
dc.identifier.citationCatley, Andy, and Mesfin Ayele. 'Applying Livestock Thresholds to Examine Poverty in Karamoja', Pastoralism : Research, Policy and Practice, vol. 11/no. 1, (2021), pp. 1-12.en_US
dc.identifier.issnISSN 2041-7136, 2041-7128
dc.identifier.issnEISSN 2041-7136
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/9336
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringer Berlin Heidelbergen_US
dc.subject: Karamoja, Livestock, Poverty, Livestock thresholden_US
dc.titleApplying livestock thresholds to examine poverty in Karamojaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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