Karamoja Resilience Support Unit
The Karamoja Resilience Support Unit (KRSU) is an initiative of USAID/Uganda aimed at increasing resilience and economic development in Karamoja. The KRSU works closely with the Karamoja Development Partners Group to provide reviews, studies and analyses of development and humanitarian programs in Karamoja, and related policy issues. Our focus is on translating evidence and knowledge into practice, through collaborative approaches. The project is implemented by the Feinstein International Center, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, at Tufts University, with offices in Kampala and Moroto, Uganda.
Papers published in Pastoralism:
Introducing pathways to resilience in the Karamoja Cluster. Andy Catley, Elizabeth Stites, Mesfin Ayele & Raphael Lotira Arasio. Pastoralism volume 11, Article number: 28 (2021)
Commentary: Reflections on resilience in the Karamoja Cluster over 40 years. Darlington Akabwai. Pastoralism volume 11, Article number: 29 (2021)
Friendship, kinship and social risk management strategies among pastoralists in Karamoja, Uganda. Padmini Iyer. Pastoralism volume 11, Article number: 24 (2021)
Sugar industrialization and distress selling of livestock among the Bodi pastoralists in Ethiopia’s lower Omo valley. Fana Gebresenbet. Pastoralism volume 11, Article number: 22 (2021).
Effects of development interventions on pastoral livelihoods in Turkana County, Kenya. Gregory Akall. Pastoralism volume 11, Article number: 23 (2021)
Trauma, loss and other psychosocial drivers of excessive alcohol consumption in Karamoja, Uganda. Padmini Iyer & Elizabeth Stites. Pastoralism volume 11, Article number: 30 (2021)
The role of culture in influencing sexual and reproductive health of pastoral adolescent girls in Karamoja sub-region in Uganda. Stella Achen, Peter Atekyereza & Charles B. Rwabukwali. Pastoralism volume 11, Article number: 25 (2021).
Applying livestock thresholds to examine poverty in Karamoja. Andy Catley & Mesfin Ayele. Pastoralism volume 11, Article number: 27 (2021).
Community engagement in pastoralist areas: Lessons from the public dialogue process for a new refugee settlement in Turkana, Kenya. Cory Rodgers. Pastoralism volume 11, Article number: 26 (2021)
Guidelines for Participatory Water Management and Development in Karamoja
The Guidelines for Participatory Water Management and Development in Karamoja, Uganda, were developed to improve the planning, development, and management of domestic and livestock water sources, using an easy-to-use 3-phase,...
Localized Water and Rangeland Management in Karamoja: Lessons from a participatory review
In 2023 the Karamoja Resilience Support Unit conducted a participatory review of rangeland and water issues and facilities in Karamoja.
Early Warning and Disaster Response in Karamoja: The need to integrate local knowledge and formal systems
A genuine localized approach to early warning should shift the approach to more of a partnership and co-acceptance of the strengths and weaknesses of indigenous and conventional systems.
Karamoja Resilience Support Unit: Turning Evidence Into Action
To gauge understanding of how KRSU’s work benefits and is utilized in Karamoja, a rapid review was conducted in November and December 2023. The review involved face-to-face interviews with a...
Analysis of Educational Approaches in Karamoja
This analysis is motivated by the concerns of international donors and other stakeholders regarding the persistent challenges in advancing educational outcomes for the majority of the population in the Karamoja...
Water and Rangeland in Karamoja
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...
Indigenous Early Warning in Karamoja, Uganda
An effective early warning system (EWS) is a prerequisite for timely response to avert and mitigate the impacts of disasters that affect pastoralist and agro-pastoralist communities. Whereas there exist various...
The 2022 Humanitarian Crisis in Karamoja, Uganda: A real-time review
This real-time review aims to document the events that led to Karamoja’s hunger crisis in 2022, the reporting of the worsening situation by early warning systems, and the responses of...
The 2022 Humanitarian Crisis in Karamoja: Findings from a real-time review
In July 2022 the Ugandan media reported that 900 people had died of hunger or hunger-related diseases in the Karamoja sub-region since February 2022, and that 8 out of 10...
The Return of Conflict in Karamoja, Uganda: Community Perspectives
After nearly 10 years of relative peace, conflict and insecurity returned to the Karamoja sub-region of northeastern Uganda starting in 2019. This assessment investigates this resumption of conflict and insecurity...
Conflict in Karamoja: A Synthesis of Historical and Current Perspectives, 1920-2022
This knowledge synthesis focuses on violent conflict in the Karamoja sub-region of northeastern Uganda. While violence and conflict both can and do take many forms, this synthesis takes as its...