Rural Development Intervention and Strategies for Improvement of the Pastoral Livelihood: An Exploratory Study of Karamoja Region in Uganda

Abstract

This article tries to analyze the effect of rural development intervention strategies propounded by many governments and improvement of the livelihood of communities in the cattle corridor areas. These communities have lived with a belief that the “COW” is their end survival/livelihood, and any diversion means a resistance. Today this scenario is experienced in these regions. Dynamic governments which advocate prosperity for all her citizens regardless of their backgrounds, religions and belief, have from time to time come up with rural development intervention strategies that better the livelihoods of these communities within the region and their beliefs. The study adopts a dual research design of both cross-sectional and descriptive analysis. The analysis of data involves a correlation’s matrix and descriptive analysis. The option of this research design is that, the two seek to explain and examine the relationship between the independent and dependent variables as it enables the research to do an in-depth assessment of the effect of rural development intervention strategies and the improvement of the livelihoods of the pastoral communities in the cattle corridors of Uganda. The study was guided by the following findings that indicate that over 65% of the household’s income had improved, 35% of the population has had a comparable access to essential facilities like clean drinking water and sanitation, lighting and rural electrification generally.