Sökning: "Karamoja"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 7 uppsatser innehållade ordet Karamoja.

1. 1. Ecosystem services from woody vegetation in East African rangelands

   Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management

   Författare :Anna Linnéa Elisabeth Swärd; [2023]
   Nyckelord :dryland ecosystems; rangelands; rangelands; woody vegetation; restoration; Karamoja; West Pokot; pastoralists; agro-pastoralists; East Africa;

   Sammanfattning : Drylands cover nearly half of the Earth's land surface and are dominated by croplands and rangelands. Dryland ecosystems worldwide are affected by land degradation. Increased population pressure, climate change and unsustainable land use threaten essential ecosystem services and adversely impact people’s livelihoods and well-being. LÄS MER

3. 2. Uganda's Response to Climate Change as a Global Crisis : A Perspective of Global Politics with Evidence from the Karamoja Sub Region of North Eastern Uganda

   Magister-uppsats,

   Författare :Howard Onyok; [2022]
   Nyckelord :Climate Change; Mitigation strategies; climate risk assessment; Climate change policies; innovations global warming;

   Sammanfattning : The study focused on the risks and effects climate change posed in Karamoja Sub region in North Eastern Uganda with attention on adaptation and mitigation strategies used in combating the effects and risks of climate change. Climate change policies, innovations aimed at decreasing the consequences and risks of climate change, climate risk assessment, and the effects of Uganda's climate change responses were all presented as study questions. LÄS MER

4. 3. Belgen and the Parental Purse: The Impact of the Karamoja Famine on Intra-Household Resource Allocations

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Författare :Matthew Latham; [2020]
   Nyckelord :Human Capital; Differential Investment; Famine; Health; Uganda; Factor Analysis; Business and Economics;

   Sammanfattning : Early-life health shocks can have very serious long-term consequences for those exposed to them, a fact which must be considered when parents make decisions with regards to allocating resources across their children. Here, the 1980 famine in Karamoja, Uganda is used as a natural experiment in which to test whether parental investment responses reinforce or compensate the impacts of early-life shocks. LÄS MER

5. 4. Ruminants, resilience and poverty : assessing the socioeconomic role of small ruminants in the pastoral areas of Northeastern Uganda

   Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Författare :Bruno Sserunkuma Akejo; [2017]
   Nyckelord :small ruminants; pastoralists; livelihood;

   Sammanfattning : Small ruminants (goats and sheep) are of great importance for the livelihoods of pastoralists, agro-pastoralists, and the small holder poor in rural Uganda. However, their socioeconomic role is often overlooked in the general statistics on rural and household economies. LÄS MER

7. 5. Improving Information Uptake for Climate Change Adaptation by Integrating Indigenous Knowledge Systems with Climate Information Services

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Författare :Daniel Chaplin; [2017]
   Nyckelord :Adaptation; Climate; Indigenous Knowledge; Information; Agriculture and Food Sciences; Social Sciences; Technology and Engineering;

   Sammanfattning : Subsistence farmers in the developing world are one of the most vulnerable groups to the impacts of climate change. Strengthening their adaptive capacity requires information to inform their climate and agricultural-related decisions. LÄS MER