This paper reviews the studies of property institutions that have been undertaken by researchers affiliated with the International Livestock Centre for Africa (ILCA) since 1980. Particular attention is given to the systems studies and an ongoing study of the impacts of trypanosomiasis control on ...
Since September 1993, ILCA and IFPRI have been engaged in a discussion about the most important, researchable, issues in the area of property rights. A concept note has been developed for collaborative research on the evolution of resource use and property institutions under risk. The starting p...
The Lesotho cattle industry is characterized by overstocking, range degradation, low marketed offtake, low fertility, and high mortality. The overstocking situation is paradoxically accompanied by an ownership pattern which leaves many households with an insufficient number of cattle for draught ...
This document first describes the main agroecological zone found in sub-Saharan Africa and the environmental constraints to agricultural production inherent in these zones. This is followed by a description of the main agricultural production systems and land use practices. Factors that have cont...
Ehui, Simeon K.
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Williams, Timothy O.
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Swallow, B.M.
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[Economic factors and policies encouraging environmentally detrimental land use practices in sub-Saharan Africa]
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Economic factors and policies encouraging environmentally detrimental land use practices in sub-Saharan Africa
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.
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Bromley, D.W.
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[Co-management or no management: The prospects for internal governance of common property regimes through dynamic contracts]
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Co-management or no management: The prospects for internal governance of common property regimes through dynamic contracts
The new pour-on insecticides that can be used to control tsetse-transmitted trypanosomiasis confer benefits to the owners of the cattle given treatments and other people keeping cattle in areas affected by the control. A study was conducted in southwest Ethiopia to assess farmers' perceptions of ...
Swallow, B.M.
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Woudyalew Mulatu
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Leak, S.G.A.
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[Potential demand for a mixed public-private animal health input: evaluation of a pour-on insecticide for controlling tsetse-transmitted trypanosomiasis in Ethiopia]
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Potential demand for a mixed public-private animal health input: evaluation of a pour-on insecticide for controlling tsetse-transmitted trypanosomiasis in Ethiopia
Reid, Robin S.
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Wilson, C.J.
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Kruska, R.L.
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Swallow, B.M.
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[Ecological consequences of controlling a livestock disease: Changes in land-use and vegetative cover in Ethiopia]
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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.
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Swallow, B.M.
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Sigue, H.
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Bauer, B.
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[Evaluating contingent and actual contributions to a local public good: Tsetse control in the Yale agro-pastoral zone, Burkina Faso]
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Evaluating contingent and actual contributions to a local public good: Tsetse control in the Yale agro-pastoral zone, Burkina Faso
This paper addresses issues surrounding measurment of the potential productivity gains from new livestock technologies and the returns to international livestock research. The approach, applicable to many livestock production constraints and technologies, uses geographic information systems (GIS)...
Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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Swallow, B.M.
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Rowlands, G.J.
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Kruska, R.L.
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Leeuw, P.N. de
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[Measuring the costs of African animal trypanosomosis, the potential benefits of control and returns to research]
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Measuring the costs of African animal trypanosomosis, the potential benefits of control and returns to research
Gregorio, M. di
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Hagedorn, K.
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Kirk, M.
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Korf, B.
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McCarthy, N.
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Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.
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Swallow, B.M.
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Mwangi, E.
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Markelova, H.
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[Property rights and collective action for poverty reduction: a framework for analysis]
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Property rights and collective action for poverty reduction: a framework for analysis