Decreasing efficacy of the trypanocidal drugs and difficulties of sustaining tsetse fly control, strengthen the importance of trypanotolerant livestock and the enhancement of disease resistance as options for livestock production. Continued increase in urban demand for meat and milk in West Afric...
This paper anlayses the decision making process for trypanosomiasis control, describes some of the tools available to assist with decision making and concludes by discussing some opportunities for the future. Levels of decision making and examples of the stakeholders, the types of decisions made ...
In many african countries where government resources for livestock disease control are declining and donor aid toward the control of tsetse-transmitted trypanosomiasis is less forthcoming, there is an increasing need to identify areas where intervention is most likely to be technically, economica...
Robinson, Timothy P.
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Harris, R.S.
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Hopkins, J.S.
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Williams, B.G.
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[Decision support for trypanosomiasis control: An example using a geographic information system in eastern Zambia]
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Decision support for trypanosomiasis control: An example using a geographic information system in eastern Zambia
In government of Kenya provided veterinary services to livestock keepers including clinical and extension services, the state started to gradually withdraw its services. So the need for alternative methods for disseminating technologies is recognised. In the interest of ensuring that farmers are ...
Buyu, G.
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Minjauw, B.
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[Farmer field schools as a methodology for diagnosis, modelling and decision support for animal health and production interventions]
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Farmer field schools as a methodology for diagnosis, modelling and decision support for animal health and production interventions
One of the great challenges facing the world over the next decades is to preserve its natural resource base while at the same time producing sufficient food to satisfy the demands of a growing human population. This paper outlines the important functions livestock perform particularly to the worl...
Smith, Jimmy W.
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[Interaction of people, livestock and the environment: Challenges for research]
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Interaction of people, livestock and the environment: Challenges for research
Pachico, Douglas H.
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Henry, Guy
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[An approximation to CIAT`s socio-economic research agenda for natural resource issues in tropical America]
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An approximation to CIAT`s socio-economic research agenda for natural resource issues in tropical America
Cook, Simon E.
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O'Brien, R.
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Corner, Robert J.
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Oberthür, Thomas
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[Is precision agriculture irrelevant to developing countries?]
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Is precision agriculture irrelevant to developing countries?
Pérez, W.
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Orrego, R.
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Ortiz, O.
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Forbes, G.
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Andrade-Piedra, J.L.
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[Herramienta de apoyo a la toma de decisiones para el manejo del tizon tardio disenada para el uso de agricultores de subsistencia.]
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Herramienta de apoyo a la toma de decisiones para el manejo del tizon tardio disenada para el uso de agricultores de subsistencia.
The Nippon Foundation Project entitled “Enhancing the Sustainability of Cassava-based Cropping Systems in Asia” started in 1994 and has as its main objective to develop, together with farmers, crop/soil management practices that will increase yields and farm income while also protecting the soil ...
Howeler, Reinhardt H.
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[The use of farmer participatory research (FPR) in the Nippon Foundation project: Improving the sustainability of cassava-based cropping systems in Asia]
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The use of farmer participatory research (FPR) in the Nippon Foundation project: Improving the sustainability of cassava-based cropping systems in Asia