%0 Journal Article
%T La lutte contre les glossines dans la zone agropastorale de Yal¨¦ (Burkina Faso): r¨¦sultats d'enqu¨ºtes socio¨¦conomiques
%A Kamuanga
%A M.
%A Kabor¨¦
%A I.
%J Tropicultura
%D 2005
%I Agri-Overseas
%X Tsetse Control in the Yal¨¦ Agropastoral Zone (Burkina Faso): Results of Socio-economic Surveys. The study examines the impact of a tsetse campaign (1994-1997) in southern Burkina Faso. In the absence of health - productivity monitoring, data were collected in cross sectional surveys to generate quantitative estimates of relevant productivity traits for cattle. The results indicate the following: 25% increase in herd size; reduction in mortality from 63.1% to 7.1% and increase in live births of 57.6%. Milk yield rose from 0.2 to 2.2 litres/cow/day in the dry season. These results show the impacts trypanosomosis control can have on zebu cattle exposed to a high tsetse challenge. The study underscores the importance of well designed surveys as a cost-effective way of generating estimates of productivity impacts. These estimates can be a useful alternative to subjective assessments in modelling the economic benefits.
%K Tsetse
%K Trypanosomosis
%K Livestock
%K Productivity
%K Socio
%K economic surveys
%K Burkina Faso
%U http://www.tropicultura.org/text/v23n3/146.pdf