As the only international centre that is solely concerned with African livestock, ILCA has a responsibility to play a lead role in defining the agenda of research issues related to livestock development and environmental policy in Africa. This paper presents a framework appropriate for defining t...
Kouadio, T.
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Kamuanga, M.
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Swallow, B.M.
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Ferminow, M.
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D'Ieteren, G.D.M.
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[Demand for trypanotolerant cattle and their traits: Evidence from southern Burkina Faso. Poster]
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Demand for trypanotolerant cattle and their traits: Evidence from southern Burkina Faso. Poster
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
Kamuanga, M.
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Bauer, B.
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Sigue, H.
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Swallow, B.M.
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[Livestock owners' perceptions and socio-economic assessment of the impacts of trypanosomosis and its control in southern Burkina Faso. Poster]
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Livestock owners' perceptions and socio-economic assessment of the impacts of trypanosomosis and its control in southern Burkina Faso. Poster
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...