Sustainable livelihoods and food security in East Africa – the Drylands Transform research project
Barbara Schumann is a researcher in public health with a focus on environmental health and climate change impacts on human health. On 26 April, she will participate in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences seminar series to present a project focusing on the transformation and sustainable development of drylands in the border region between Kenya and Uganda.
The Karamoja region is a large dryland region in East Africa, where pastoral and agropastoral livelihoods are prominent. Increased pressure on land resources resulting from economic, sociodemographic and climatic changes poses challenges for livelihoods and sustainable development in this region.
Drylands Transform is an interdisciplinary research project funded by FORMAS, led by the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), and involves a number of Swedish, Ugandan, Kenyan and international research institutions. It investigates the complex and dynamic links between land health, livestock-based livelihoods, land management and human well-being in the border region between Kenya and Uganda. The project aims at contributing with new knowledge for transformative change and sustainable development of drylands.
The presentation will give an overview of the project, with a focus on food security and wellbeing of households, based on two surveys conducted in the study region.
The seminar is open to the public and is held both on-site in room Azur, building Vita in Kalmar, and via Zoom at this link.
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Goats seek shelter from the sun under a tree during the dry season. The area is heavily affected by climate change and land degradation.