Vulnerability of Karamoja Pastoral Communities to Food Insecurity

Three issues significantly stood-out: First pastoralism remained the most feasible livelihood option. Second there was a high prevalence of food insecurity among Karamojong pastoralists'' households with 90% reporting lack of resources to secure access to food in the seven days preceding the time of the study and thirdly female-headed households were the most vulnerable category to food insecurity.