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Autor: Swallow, B.M.

As the only international centre that is solely concerned with African livestock, ILCA has a responsibility to play a lead role in defining the agenda of research issues related to livestock development and environmental policy in Africa. This paper presents a framework appropriate for defining t...


Swallow, B.M.[Environmental issues and ILCA research agenda]Environmental issues and ILCA research agenda

The Borana rangelands occur in a semi-arid area in southern Ethiopia, characterized by extensive livestock production. The area is a valuable source of livestock that generates income and livelihoods for large numbers of rural dwellers, and export earnings for Ethiopia's fragile economy. Desp...


Kamara, A.Kirk, M.Swallow, B.M.[Property rights and land use change: Implications for sustainable resource management in Borana, southern Ethiopia]Property rights and land use change: Implications for sustainable resource management in Borana, southern Ethiopia

Interviews with all the households in the Agropastoral Zone (ZAP) of Yale, southern Burkina Faso, were conducted in 1994 and again in 1997 to assess the impacts of a tsetse control programme implemented from 1994, using insecticide-impregnated targets and pour-on treatments of all cattle with del...


Kamuanga, M.Sigue, H.Swallow, B.M.Bauer, B.D'Ieteren, G.D.M.[Farmers' perceptions of the impacts of tsetse and trypanosomosis control on livestock production: Evidence from southern Burkina Faso]Farmers' perceptions of the impacts of tsetse and trypanosomosis control on livestock production: Evidence from southern Burkina Faso
Kouadio, T.Kamuanga, M.Swallow, B.M.Ferminow, M.D'Ieteren, G.D.M.[Demand for trypanotolerant cattle and their traits: Evidence from southern Burkina Faso. Poster]Demand for trypanotolerant cattle and their traits: Evidence from southern Burkina Faso. Poster

African animal trypanosomosis is a parasitic disease that afflicts livestock across much of sub-Saharan Africa. The disease, primarily transmitted by the tsetse fly (Glossina spp.), causes morbidity and mortality in several species of livestock. It is particularly important in southern Burkina Fa...


Kamuanga, M.Antoine, C.Brasselle, A.S.Swallow, B.M.D'Ieteren, G.D.M.Bauer, B.[Impacts of tsetse control on migration, livestock production, cropping practices and farmer-herder conflicts in the Mouhoun valley of southern Burkina Faso]Impacts of tsetse control on migration, livestock production, cropping practices and farmer-herder conflicts in the Mouhoun valley of southern Burkina Faso
Reid, Robin S.Wilson, C.J.Kruska, R.L.Swallow, B.M.[Ecological consequences of controlling a livestock disease: Changes in land-use and vegetative cover in Ethiopia]Ecological consequences of controlling a livestock disease: Changes in land-use and vegetative cover in Ethiopia

In this case study of the Yale agro-pastoral zone in southern Burkina Faso, the sustainability of tsetse control as a local public good was shown to depend upon farmers' contributions to establish and maintain the traps and targets that attract and kill tsetse flies. Contingent valuation (CV) tec...


Kamuanga, M.Swallow, B.M.Sigue, H.Bauer, B.[Evaluating contingent and actual contributions to a local public good: Tsetse control in the Yale agro-pastoral zone, Burkina Faso]Evaluating contingent and actual contributions to a local public good: Tsetse control in the Yale agro-pastoral zone, Burkina Faso
Jabbar, M.A.Swallow, B.M.D'Ieteren, G.D.M.Busari, A.A.[Farmer preferences and market values of cattle breeds of West and Central africa]Farmer preferences and market values of cattle breeds of West and Central africa
Kamuanga, M.Bauer, B.Sigue, H.Swallow, B.M.[Livestock owners' perceptions and socio-economic assessment of the impacts of trypanosomosis and its control in southern Burkina Faso. Poster]Livestock owners' perceptions and socio-economic assessment of the impacts of trypanosomosis and its control in southern Burkina Faso. Poster
Autor: Swallow, B.M.

This chapter Reports on the major research work carried out in Lesotho and the analysis of the livestock industry in the context of rangeland utilization with overall implications for marketing. In this context the results have importance for similar livestock/range problems elsewhere in Africa. ...


Swallow, B.M.[Marketing, livestock Development, and rangeland utilization]Marketing, livestock Development, and rangeland utilization

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