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Autor: Swallow, B.M.

This paper explores the potential for future economic impacts to arise from the current and future research activities of international agricultural research centres. Special attention is given to the livestock-related research conducted by ILCA. Unfortunately a method for quantifying potential e...


Swallow, B.M.[Impact économique potentiel]Impact économique potentiel

It has been suggested that African rangelands would be utilized and managed on a more sustainable and profitable basis if they were governed by co-management arrangements, with state governments defining group rights and governing inter-group interactions and local organizations governing interac...


Swallow, B.M.Bromley, D.W.[Co-management or no management: The prospects for internal governance of common property regimes through dynamic contracts]Co-management or no management: The prospects for internal governance of common property regimes through dynamic contracts

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
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

This book documents the proceedings of the international symposium on property rights, risk and livestock Development. It was held to appraise progress, review achievements, and identify remaining research gaps at the conclusion of a three year research project led by the International Livestock ...


Swallow, B.M.McCarthy, N.[Property rights, risk, and livestock development in Africa]Property rights, risk, and livestock development in Africa

A tsetse control experiment with 500 deltamethrin-impregnated targets was initiated in the Ghibe Valley, south-west Ethiopia, in April 1990. The theft of a large number of targets following the socio-political disturbances of May 1991 spoiled major reductions in tsetse density and trypanosome pre...


Swallow, B.M.Mulatu, W.[Evaluating the willingness of Ghibe Valley (Ethiopia) residents to contribute time and money to a tsetse control programme using targets]Evaluating the willingness of Ghibe Valley (Ethiopia) residents to contribute time and money to a tsetse control programme using targets

Animal trypanosomosis is particularly important in Ethipia where 7-10 million cattle are at risk. A geo-referenced census of over 5000 households was conducted between March and July 1996 to better understand factors affecting demand of the a cypermethrin pour-ons used since January 1991 to contr...


Wangila, J.Swallow, B.M.Tesfamichael, N.Okello, O.Kruska, R.L.[Factors affecting farmer demand and pour-on treatments in Ethiopia]Factors affecting farmer demand and pour-on treatments in Ethiopia
Autor: Swallow, B.M.

This paper explores the potential for future economic impacts to arise from the current and future research activities of international agricultural research centres. Special attention is given to the livestock-related research conducted by ILCA. Unfortunately a method for quantifying potential e...


Swallow, B.M.[Potential economic impacts]Potential economic impacts

The controversy over the possible impacts of trypanosomiasis control on African ecological and socioeconomic systems exemplifies the classic polarization of arguments for development and conservation. On one hand, Africa's rapidly expanding human populations require expanded food supplies, and tr...


Reid, Robin S.Curry, J.J.Swallow, B.M.Mukhebi, A.W.Perry, Brian D.Ellis, J.E.[Ecological, social and economic impacts of trypanotolerance: collaborative research in Central and West Africa]Ecological, social and economic impacts of trypanotolerance: collaborative research in Central and West Africa

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