Publications

characterisation and validation of farmers' knowledge and practice of cattle trypanosomosis management in the cotton zone of west africa.	we carried out a knowledge, attitude, practice (kap) survey on how farmers (n=895) manage cattle trypanosomosis in burkina faso, mali and guinea. most farmers (96%) recognised the common signs of trypanosomosis, 70% knew the role of tsetse flies in transmitting the disease and 96% had knowledge of drugs used for treatment. farmers reported that trypanosomosis was the most important cattle disease and estimated that 25% of their herd fall sick each year and 18% of the sick animals die. nearly all ...	2009	19524082
preventing and containing trypanocide resistance in the cotton zone of west africa.	trypanocidal drugs are the most commonly purchased and used livestock input by resource-poor farmers in sub-saharan africa. the effective use of trypanocidal drugs by smallholder farmers is threatened by the development of widespread resistance. this is a particular concern for smallholder crop-livestock farmers in the cotton zone of west africa. a recent project funded by the germany ministry for economic cooperation and development (bmz) confirmed significant resistance to trypanocidal drugs i ...	2010	20537098