Integration of camel ( Camelus dromedarius ) production in the
traditional livestock systems is increasingly gaining significance as a
strategy for household adaptation to prolonged and recurrent droughts
in African arid and semi-arid lands. There is increasing interest in
promoting camels as a strategy to mitigate the effects of prolonged
droughts in communities where camels have not been reared before.
However, the intensity of camel adoption and the factors that drive
camel adoption process in semi-arid Uganda are not clear. The objective
of this study was to determine the level of intensity and
socio-economic factors influencing the intensity of camel adoption in
Karamoja sub-region in Uganda. Econometric results show that age the of
a household head was significantly associated with the intensity of
camel adoption; whereas household size, credit access and crop area
cultivated significantly decreased with the intensity of camel adoption
in the region. Increasing camel adoption was possible with increasing
access to capital; as well as carefully balancing the competition for
labour with crop cultivation.L\u2019int\ue9gration de la production de chameaux (Camelus
dromedarius) dans les syst\ue8mes d\u2019\ue9levage traditionnels
prend de plus en plus d\u2019importance en tant que strat\ue9gie
d\u2019adaptation des m\ue9nages aux s\ue9cheresses
prolong\ue9es et r\ue9currentes dans les regions arides et
semi-arides d\u2019Afrique. Il y a un int\ue9r\ueat croissant pour
la promotion des chameaux comme strat\ue9gie pour att\ue9nuer les
effets des s\ue9cheresses prolong\ue9es dans les communaut\ue9s
o\uf9 les chameaux n\u2019ont pas \ue9t\ue9 \ue9lev\ue9s
auparavant. Cependant, l\u2019intensit\ue9 de l\u2019adoption des
chameaux et les facteurs qui motivent le processus d\u2019adoption des
chameaux dans la r\ue9gion semi-aride de l\u2019Ouganda ne sont pas
clairs. L\u2019objectif de cette \ue9tude \ue9tait de
d\ue9terminer le niveau d\u2019intensit\ue9 et les facteurs
socio-\ue9conomiques influen\ue7ant l\u2019intensit\ue9 de
l\u2019adoption de chameaux dans la sous-r\ue9gion de Karamoja en
Ouganda. Les r\ue9sultats \ue9conom\ue9triques ont montr\ue9
que l\u2019\ue2ge du chef de m\ue9nage \ue9tait
significativement associ\ue9 \ue0 l\u2019intensit\ue9 de
l\u2019adoption de chameaux ; tandis que la taille des m\ue9nages,
l\u2019acc\ue8s au cr\ue9dit et la superficie cultiv\ue9e ont
consid\ue9rablement diminu\ue9 avec l\u2019intensit\ue9 de
l\u2019adoption de chameaux dans la r\ue9gion. L\u2019augmentation
de l\u2019adoption de chameaux \ue9tait possible avec un acc\ue8s
accru au capital; ainsi que d\u2019\ue9quilibrer soigneusement la
concurrence pour la main-d\u2019\u153uvre avec la culture des
plantes