The efficiency of electronic branding in curbing cattle theft : Ngoleriet sub-county, Napak district

Abstract

This dissertation is based on research conducted in Ngoleriet sub County, Napak District. The overall objective was to assess the efficiency of the electronic branding in curbing the cattle theft I among the pastoral communities of Ngoleriet Sub County, Napak Distsrict. The research utilized both primary and secondary data collection methods. The sample size was calculated at one hundred respondents representing and the six parishes. The results show that the cattle owners adopted the electronic branding technology for the sake of the safety of their stock; cattle owners encountered soaring incidences of cattle theft before the establishment of the technology there was substantial reduction of cattle theft after the establishment of the technology. The recovery of stole cattle was not to the satisfaction of the cattle owners using the tool, electronic branding was not effective in curbing cattle theft according to the cattle owner’s perception this research also revealed that the implementation of the tool suffered numerous challenges which embraces the inadequate information by cattle keepers about electronic branding, Slow tracking of the stolen cattle, conservativeness and void of introducing innovation by the cattle owners, Political interference. Lack of resident electronic branding staff and finally lack of collaboration and communication between farmers and implementers of the cattle theft prevention project. This paper recommends that routine campaign 011 electronic branding should be done in all the districts of karamoja and the exercise should be owned by the cattle farmers, the cattle theft prevention project should have offices with their staff in each district to respond to queries related to electronic branding and follow up of the stolen animals should be always.in time. More research on electronic branding should be alone to cover the whole districts so that. clear picture of the hindrances on the adoption of the technology will be manifested. Finally, electronic branding should be used in disease control and other aspects of value chain in animal production.