Guidelines for participatory water management in Karamoja

The Guidelines for participatory water management and development in Karamoja (2024, 62pp), by Adrian Cullis and Raphael Lotira Arasio, were developed by the Karamoja Resilience Support Unit (KRSU)/Tufts University (USA). They provide a 3-phase and 12-step approach for preparing sub-county water plans in the Karamoja subregion of Uganda, where agropastoralism is the primary livelihood, to ensure sustainable utilisation and management of the scarce water resources. The framing chapters provide an overview of Karamoja’s unique development history, people, customary institutions and natural resources, and an historical overview of water management and development. The guidelines encourage practitioners to identify and verify local water priorities and needs and to select appropriate water technologies with communities.

Posted on 28 August 2024 in Pastoralism & Natural Resources, Pastoralism & Services