Climate change, food security and environmental securi-ty : A conflict inclination assessment of Karamoja region of Uganda

  • Authors

    • Oluwole Akiyode Kampala International University Kampala Uganda
    • Anne Tumushabe Kampala International University Kampala Uganda
    • Katongole Hadijjah Kampala International University Kampala Uganda
    • Onu Peter Kampala International University, Kampala, Uganda
    2017-11-06
    https://doi.org/10.14419/ijsw.v5i2.8458
  • Climate Change, Environmental Security, Food Security, Karamoja, and Conflict.

  • Abstract

    The study investigates the consequences of climate change on food security and environmental security in the Karamoja region of Uganda. It relates climate change to the conflict, insecurity and crises that have been witnessed in the region in the past years.

    It examines the implications of the change in the grazing pattern of the pastoralists and herdsmen in the time of recurrent drought and dry spells in Karamoja on the security of the region and other communities in Uganda and beyond. It relates the interplay of climate change, environmental security and food security to human security in Karamoja region.

    It also through focus group discussion (FGD) conducted in Kaabong District of the Karamoja region, identifies the presumed impacts of climate change on the environment and the people alongside its socio-economic implications. In the end, the study suggests proactive environmental security programmes in the Karamoja region which are expected to encourage sustainable mitigation and adaptation strategies in its communities, which will encourage its regional peace, security and stability.

    Author Biography

    • Oluwole Akiyode, Kampala International University Kampala Uganda

      Intereste: Environmental Management

      Oluwole O. Akiyode hold Master of Arts (MA) degree in Environmental Security at the UN Mandated University for Peace San Jose, Costa Rica, Master in Environmental Management (MEM) at the University of Lagos, Akoka, Nigeria and Bachelor of Technology in Biochemistry at the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria.  Akiyode is currently a lecturer in Biological and Environmental Sciences department at the Kampala International University, Kampala, Uganda. He started his lecturing career at the Akwa-Ibom State College of Education, Afaha-Nsit in Nigeria immediately after his first degree in Biochemistry in 1990. He was also an Associate Lecturer at the Bells University of Technology, Ota-Lagos, Nigeria in 2011/2012.  He consults on Environment and Sustainable development to some organizations which includes Women Advocates Research and Development Center (WARDC) Lagos, Nigeria, Labour Health and Human Rights Development Centre, Lagos, Nigeria and Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA), Nairobi, Kenya.  He has been a consultant to Lagos State Government in Nigeria on Lagos Eko Schools Project (World Bank Assisted Project) since 2008. He has been opportune at different times to be parts of initiations and designing of different research themes at different times for some of these organizations where at most times he participated in their field research works

      Akiyode research works are multi and interdisciplinary in nature relating issues of the environment to sustainable development. He has publications in international journals, presented papers at international conferences on issues that include climate change, water security, environmental security and sustainable development. Most of his papers and research works highlight processes that encourage human dignity and wellbeing

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    Akiyode, O., Tumushabe, A., Hadijjah, K., & Peter, O. (2017). Climate change, food security and environmental securi-ty : A conflict inclination assessment of Karamoja region of Uganda. International Journal of Scientific World, 5(2), 172-176. https://doi.org/10.14419/ijsw.v5i2.8458

    Received date: 2017-10-05

    Accepted date: 2017-10-30

    Published date: 2017-11-06