The human dimension of livestock disease control in small-scale farming systems.

Curry J.

The human dimension of livestock disease control in small-scale farming systems.

1992

Curry J.

This paper presents a conceptual framework for investigating the relationship between human behaviours and animal disease in smallholder agriculture. The paper begins with a brief introduction to farming systems research (FSR) principles, and with a discussion of FSR concepts that are relevant to animal disease control in the context of overall farm management. It then presents the framework in the form of a systems or flow diagram, and discusses salient features of the framework. These features are illustrated by examples drawn from the work of the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) and the International Laboratory for Research on Animal Disease (ILARD) to characterize target populations for immunization against East Coast fever (ECF) in a district of Central Kenya. The paper concludes with a discussion of the utility of the approach for planning and implementing similar animal disease control programmes.

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animal health calidad del agua comportamiento humano comportement humain control de enfermedades disease control exploitation agricole familiale family farms farm income farm size farming systems ganado gestion human behaviour kenia kenya labour livestock management petite exploitation agricole sanidad animal small farms trabajo travail uso del agua water quality water use

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Published in

Zimbabwe Veterinary Journal

Volume 23

Pagination

v.17-34(1)

Other Subjects

Utilisation de l' eau; Sante animale; Systeme d' exploitation agricole; Betail; Explotacion en pequena escala; Renta de la explotacion; Qualite de l' eau; Sistemas de explotacion; Explotacion agricola familiar; Taille de l' exploitation agricole; Tamano de la finca; Controle de maladies; Revenu de l' exploitation

Language

English

Note

10 figs., 12 ref. AVAILABILITY: Dept. of Veterinary Services, PO Box 8101 CAUSEWAY (Zimbabwe).

Type

Journal Article; Journal Part; Data

Source

Zimbabwe-Veterinary-Journal (Zimbabwe). (Mar 1992). v. 23(1) p. 17-34.

Corporate Author

International Laboratory for Research on Animal Disease, Nairobi (Kenya)

International Laboratory for Research on Animal Disease, Nairobi (Kenya).

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The human dimension of livestock disease control in small-scale farming systems.

1992

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