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