Characterising food insecurity in pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in Uganda using a consumption coping strategy index

Pastoralism

Research, Policy and Practice

Table 6 CSI score at the start of the dry season by household head’s ethnic group

Ethnic groups with CSI >29.4 (less food secure than seasonal mean)		Ethnic groups with CSI <29.4 (more food secure than seasonal mean)
Agro-pastoralists	Pastoralists	Agro-pastoralists	Pastoralists
Northern^a (69 ± 19.8)	N/A	Mukiga (24 ± 27.9)	N/A
Munyoro (66 ± 17.6)			Munyoro (16 ± 27.9)
Munyankore (54 ± 22.8)	Munyankore (35 ± 7.5)	Eastern^c (16 ± 22.8)	Eastern (24 ± 39.5)
Migrants^b (49 ± 9.6)	Migrants (48 ± 16.1)	Muganda (17 ± 4.9)	Muganda (11 ± 16.1)
Muruuli (30 ± 4.0)			Muruuli (20 ± 12.5)

Ethnic groups: ^aJaluwo, Langi, Lugbar; ^bRwanda, Burundi, Tanzania; ^cMugisu, Munyoli, Musamya, Muteso. N/A, not available