Improved Fodder & Seed Production, Storage & Marketing in Dikhil & Karamoja

Background

About 60 - 70% of the landmass in IGAD region is Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs). It is characterised by low erratic rainfall of upto 500mm per annum, increased frequency of devastating droughts and varying combinations of vegetative cover and soils. These regions
exhibit ecological constraints which set limits to nomadic pastoralism as the main means of livelihood, because about 53% of the region’s cattle (51 million), 71% of the goats (58 million), 68% of the sheep (58 million) and 51% of the global camel population (17.5 million) are found in the rangelands, majority of which is ASAL.