Geospatial analysis of the factors affecting access to water for livestock in the drylands of Uganda

Mugisha, Abubakar

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dc.contributor.author	Mugisha, Abubakar
dc.date.accessioned	2022-01-04T11:57:12Z
dc.date.available	2022-01-04T11:57:12Z
dc.date.issued	2021
dc.identifier.citation	Mugisha Abubakar (2021). Geospatial analysis of the factors affecting access to water for livestock in the dry-lands of Uganda: a case of upper Lokere catchment in Karamoja sub-region. In Asiimwe, Solomon (Ed). Compendium of Graduate Students’ Research Abstracts. Entebbe: Nkumba University Press.	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	978-9970-694-00-6
dc.identifier.uri	https://pub.nkumbauniversity.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/411
dc.description	The study indicated a declining growth trend in livestock numbers attributed to inadequate access to water despite an annual water yield of 162MCM determined from hydrological modelling with SWAT). This potential is under-exploited due to the limited storage capacity of developed water sources with an overall potential harvest of 6.9MCM/yr., if maintained and at 100% functionality. This is against a livestock water demand of 9MCM/yr., implying a deficit of 2.1 MCM/yr. The study also found variability in access to water for livestock in the study area due to unevenly distributed water sources with high concentrations around settlements and away from grazing areas and pastoral migratory corridors, indicating a domestic water supply oriented approach to water development which increases distances moved by pastoralists in search for water, especially in dry seasons.	en_US
dc.description.abstract	This study was done to investigate the factors affecting access to water for livestock in the Upper Lokere catchment, Karamoja sub-region, Uganda. Access to water was analyzed in terms of its availability, distribution, and functionality of water sources using geospatial analysis of secondary spatial data including hydrologic modelling with SWAT.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Nkumba university press Entebbe.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	;no. 254-257
dc.subject	Geospatial analysis,	en_US
dc.subject	Access to water,	en_US
dc.subject	Livestock,	en_US
dc.subject	Drylands.	en_US
dc.title	Geospatial analysis of the factors affecting access to water for livestock in the drylands of Uganda	en_US
dc.title.alternative	A case of upper Lokere catchment in Karamoja sub-region	en_US
dc.type	Book chapter	en_US