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.
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McCarthy, N.
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[Property rights, risk, and livestock development in Africa]
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Property rights, risk, and livestock development in Africa
Livestock production is an enterprise undertaken by most farm households in The Gambia. Livestock production is affected, however, by the different levels of trypanosomosis risk that pertain across the country. A study of the effects of trypanosomosis on livestock and crop production was initiate...
Mugalla, C.
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Swallow, B.M.
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Kamuanga, M.
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[The effects of trypanosomosis risk on farmers' livestock portfolios: Evidence from The Gambia]
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The effects of trypanosomosis risk on farmers' livestock portfolios: Evidence from The Gambia
Echessah, P.N.
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Kamara, D.W.
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Swallow, B.M.
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Curry, J.J.
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[Using contingent valuation to assess individuals' willingness to contribute to community-based tsetse control in Busia District, Kenya]
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Using contingent valuation to assess individuals' willingness to contribute to community-based tsetse control in Busia District, Kenya
A tsetse control campaign using an insecticidal cypermethrin "pour-on" applied monthly to village Zebu cattle in Ghibe in southwest Ethiopia has been in operation for over six years. For four of these years farmers have paid a cost-recovery price for each animal given treatment. Relative densitie...
Mulatu, W.
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Swallow, B.M.
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Rowlands, G.J.
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Leak, S.G.A.
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D'Ieteren, G.D.M.
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Nagda, S.M.
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[Economic benefits to farmers of six years of application of an insecticidal 'pour-on' to control tsetse in Ghibe, southwest Ethiopia]
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Economic benefits to farmers of six years of application of an insecticidal 'pour-on' to control tsetse in Ghibe, southwest Ethiopia
African animal trypanosomosis constrains agricultural production in areas of Africa that hold the continent's greatest potential for expanded agricultural production. Previous studies indicate that the incidence of trypanosomosis: (i) reduces calving rates by 1-12 percent in tolerant breeds and b...