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.
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Antoine, C.
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Brasselle, A.S.
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Swallow, B.M.
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D'Ieteren, G.D.M.
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Bauer, B.
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[Impacts of tsetse control on migration, livestock production, cropping practices and farmer-herder conflicts in the Mouhoun valley of southern Burkina Faso]
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Impacts of tsetse control on migration, livestock production, cropping practices and farmer-herder conflicts in the Mouhoun valley of southern Burkina Faso
This document reports the results of a small meeting of social scientists from ILCA and IFPRI held at ILCA. The workshop was conceived to summarize the results of studies previously conducted by ILCA and others, to identify priorities for future research; to provide guidance for future research -...
Swallow, B.M.
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[Evaluating the relationships between property rights, risk technology and productivity in sub-Saharan Africa]
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Evaluating the relationships between property rights, risk technology and productivity in sub-Saharan Africa
The subhumid and semi-arid zones of West Africa are one of the subregions reputed to hold Africa's greatest potential for expansion of animal agriculture. Within this region livestock are affected by tsetse-transmitted trypanosomosis-a disease that severely constrains productivity, thus hampering...
Kamuanga, M.
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D'Ieteren, G.D.M.
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Tano, K.
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Mugalla, C.
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Pokou, K.
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Swallow, B.M.
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[Improving the productivity of crop-livestock systems under trypanosomosis risk in West Africa: Potentials and opportunities in the next decade]
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Improving the productivity of crop-livestock systems under trypanosomosis risk in West Africa: Potentials and opportunities in the next decade
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
This chapter focuses on individual adoption of a technology that produces a mixed public-private good. The technology is a formulation of insecticide that is applied to cattle as a "pouron". The mixed public-private good is control of external parasites and animal disease vectors. This chapter pr...
Swallow, B.M.
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Wangila, J.
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Mulatu, W.
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Okello, O.
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McCarthy, N.
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[Collective action in space: Assessing how cooperation and collective action vary across an African landscape]
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Collective action in space: Assessing how cooperation and collective action vary across an African landscape
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...