Tsetse control, land use and livestock in the development of the Zambezi valley, Zimbabwe: Some policy considerations













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Network Paper No. 19
May 1989

by J.C. Barrett

ODNRI Economist, Tsetse Control Branch
Department of Veterinary Services
P.O. Box 8283, Causeway, Harare, Zimbabwe

The author works for the Overseas Development Natural Resources Institute (ODNRI) in London and has been seconded to the Government of Zimbabwe's Department of Veterinary Services for a three-year contract from August 1987 funded by the British Government's Overseas Development Administration. The author is grateful to Dr S. Hargreaves, Director of Veterinary Services, Harare for permission to publish.

INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK CENTRE FOR AFRICA (ILCA)
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ALPAN - African Livestock Policy Analysis Network

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Introduction

Land hunger and rural agricultural development policy

Land use planning in the Zambezi Valley

Appraising tsetse control in support of livestock development

The key issue: overstocking and sustainability of land use

Will overstocking really become a problem?

What can be done about overstocking?

Towards an understanding of communal livestock production

Alternative strategies to the introduction of cattle

Wildlife utilization

The basis for future policy direction

Footnotes

References