http://repository.au-ibar.org/handle/123456789/128 2026-04-20T15:11:30Z http://repository.au-ibar.org/handle/123456789/1507 36th ISCTRC Programme and Book of Abstracts. AU-IBAR 36th International Scientific Council For Trypanosomiasis Research and Control (ISCTRC) Programme and Book of Abstracts. 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z http://repository.au-ibar.org/handle/123456789/363 Mid-term Review of the Farming in Tse tse Controlled Areas (FITCA) Programme. African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources; AU-IBAR FITCA is an on-going programme financed with EDF regional and national funds. A 4 year financing agreement for regional funds was signed in March 1997. It is complemented by national financing agreements covering Uganda, Ethiopia and Kenya (signed in September 1996). The total of the Financial Agreements for FITCA is 20,000,000 EURO. By an exchange of letters signed in January 2001, the project period has been extended to the 31.12.2003. FITCA has three major country programmes (Uganda, Ethiopia and Kenya) that are being coordinated regionally. The Regional Tsetse Co-ordination Unit (RTCU) based in the Organisation of African Unity / Inter African Bureau for Animal Resources (OAU/IBAR), is also responsible for the coordination of regional activities (research, training and environmental monitoring). It is also endowed with resources to provide financial and technical support to Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi. Technical assistance is provided to each of these four components (3 major country projects plus the regional one). The Overall Objective of the Programme is to contribute to the socio economic development of the region through coordination of national activities to ensure sustainable rural development. The general purpose is to improve the well being of the rural population and the health of livestock through sustainable rural development, and to improve the implementation capacity in the countries concerned. FITCA is not designed as just another tsetse control project. The basis of the FITCA programme is to increase farmers' income through higher productivity (animals and crops) in order to enable them to pay for inputs needed to sustain various control schemes against tsetse, ticks or other pests after the end of the project. FITCA helps to pave the way for a more commercially oriented rural economy and keeping in mind the same general approach. As the individual country projects purposes differ considerably they are listed here by country: - In Ethiopia the focus is on the rehabilitation of sustainable mixed farming and on capacity building at central and regional levels. Organisational and management capacity of staff to design and co-ordinate tsetse control programmes shall be strengthened by the end of the project. - In Kenya the emphasis is put on increased livestock productivity through intensification of the crop/livestock production system. In the long term, increased income from livestock will provide the incentive and the means for sustainable tsetse control. - In Uganda the project is a continuation of the former sleeping sickness control campaign. It aims at a sustainable and co-ordinated approach to disease control involving sleeping sickness control, community-based tsetse control and animal trypanosomosis control. Project implementation for the regional component and the Kenya program started in March 1999. The Uganda program started in the summer of the same year, while the Ethiopia program, which was redesigned in 1999, started early 2000 with a preparatory year procurement and beginning of 2001 with implementation of the 1' WP & CE. Although intense negotiations have been held in Tanzania and Rwanda, no activities have been financed in those countries yet. The Environmental Monitoring and Management Component (EMMC) has been contracted out to ILRI. Its purpose is to increase the level of information and awareness of environmental change by: (1) increasing the capacity to response pro-actively to these changes amongst the stakeholders in FITCA countries; (2) defining the environmental parameters and assessing the environmental impact, - promoting environmental awareness and exchange information; (3) strengthening community capacity for environmental management and monitoring; (4) adapting /developing appropriate methodologies for environmental monitoring and management. http://repository.au-ibar.org/handle/123456789/347 Assessment of disease risk and tsetse challenge Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda..PDF African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources; AU-IBAR Le projet FITCA a pour objectif la promotion et le developpement de l'elevage dans des zones d'Afrique de ('Est oU les glossines et la trypanosomose representent des contraintes majeures. Le volet « Suivi de I'environnement »(EMMC) evalue ('impact direct sur le milieu des methodes de lutte employees. Les strategies, les priontes et les methodes sont tres variees selon les pays concernes par le FITCA. Cette diversite correspond a des situations contrastees, au niveau sanitaire, au niveau socio-economique et au niveau agro-ecologique. La comprehension du lien entre les dynamiques de paysages plus ou moins faconnes par l'homme, la contrainte trypanosomienne et les outils de controle est un prealable pour la conception d'une methodologie de suivi environnemental. De cette comprehension decoulera notamment le choix des echelles de travail, des indicateurs et des zones pilotes. Des propositions sont faites pour ordonner les informations, construire la base de donnees et identifier les parametres de suivi. http://repository.au-ibar.org/handle/123456789/338 The conceptual framework of FITCA _ progress report..PDF African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources; AU-IBAR African trypanosomosis is a disease of cattle and human beings caused by a protozoan parasite trypanosome spp. There are two forms of African trypanosomosis, human and bovine. The bovine trypanosomosis is caused by the tsetse-borne African species called nagana. In Africa, nagana occurs between the southern limits of the Sahara (14° N) to about 29° S. In eastern part of Africa, Trypanosoma congolense and Trypanosoma brucei are the predominant causes of bovine trypanosomosis. As indicated earlier, these parasites are transmitted by by tsetse flies Glossina spp. In Eastern Africa, the known vectors of animal trypanosomosis are Glosssina pallidipes,; Glossina longipennis,; Glossina swynnertani,; Glossina breupalpis,; Glossina morsitans. The species Glossina austeni and Glossina palpalis occur to a lesser degree. The principal vector of Trypanosoma congolense and Trypanosoma brucei is Glossina morsitans. The presence of African trypanosomes undermines potential livelihood opportunities for the vast majority of sub-Saharan Africa residents. For example, the human form of trypanosomosis infects approximately 300 000 people in Africa (UN Wire, 2000; Swallow, 2000). Besides, large swathes' of potentially suitable land for livestock production remain under-utilised2due to tsetse infestation. In aggregate terms, annual direct and indirect losses attributable to African trypanosomosis are estimated between US $ 1.6 billion to US $ 5 billion (Murray and Gray, 1984, Swallow 1998)3. Yet, tsetse and trypanosomosis control efforts in Africa dates back to the early part of the 20thCentury (Omamo and dieteren forthcoming). It is therefore evident that past tsetse and trypanosomosis control efforts have fallen short of expectations. Because of these experience FITCA is not only a tsetse control project but it is a rural development project. The philosophy of FITCA is to increase farmers' income by higher animal and crop productivity in order to enable them to pay for inputs needed for control schemes of tsetse flies, ticks and other pests after the end of the externally financed project, thus assuring sustainability. http://repository.au-ibar.org/handle/123456789/340 Pan African Tsetse and Trypanosomosis Eradication Campaign (PATTEC)-Promotional Materials.PDF African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources; AU-IBAR The Organisation of African Unity (OAU) launched a new campaign to control the tsetse fly, the vector for trypanosomiasis, on Feb 19 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In collaboration with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the OAU plans. to release- millions of sterilised male. flies across 37 African countries, in the hope that by mating with healthy female flies and displacing fertile male flies the fly population will be reduced, which in turn will reduce the number of people and livestock infected each year. http://repository.au-ibar.org/handle/123456789/337 Farming in tsetse control areas FITCA Tanzania Tanga component EDF project NO ACP.RPR.578..PDF African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources; AU-IBAR The overall objective of FITCA Tanzania is to improve the general standard of living for people dwelling in tsetse infested areas. The project purpose is to support existing control activities already being undertaken by populations living in tsetse infested areas in Tanga and Kagera Region, utilizing low cost, effective and environmentally benign techniques. The project supports the development of affordable, manageable and effective tsetse and trypanosomosis control methods that can be applied by the communities. Disease control is put in the wider perspective of rural development and poverty alleviation of communities living in tsetse infested areas. The project duration is 36 months but for administrative reasons the initial contract period is 23 month. The Tanga Component's activities cover two of Tanga Region's six districts that are affected by Tsetse flies, namely Handeni and Pangani. The project area and target group are far from homogeneous, with predominantly small-scale dairy farmers in the coastal plains and mountainous areas of the Pangani, Muheza and Tanga District and pastoralists in the more arid areas of Handeni District. The options for tsetse / trypanosomosis control vary between the districts, and will be evaluated together with the communities for technical and socio-economical appropriateness http://repository.au-ibar.org/handle/123456789/341 OAU-IBAR farming in tsetse control areas programme (FITCA)mid-term review..PDF African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources; AU-IBAR This study is the mid term review of the FITCA (Farming in tsetse controlled areas) Programme. This review is commissioned as planned in the FITCA Financing agreement. It has however been slightly delayed to take into consideration the late start some country projects. The evaluation will be undertaken in April/May 2002. A team of independent consultants will conduct the evaluation. The duration of the study will be approximately 8 weeks. The study is a mid term review of the FITCA programme, including all its components. The objectives of the study are to: • Analyse the coherence and the relevance of the objectives • Assess the results and the impact of the project so far; • Assess the strategy adopted during the project implementation, • Consider the expected success of FITCA in the remaining period of the project. • Formulate recommendations for the remaining period of the project (given in the form of a logical framework) http://repository.au-ibar.org/handle/123456789/336 The 13th East African Co-ordination Meeting on Fanning in Tsetse Control Areas East Africa..PDF African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources; AU-IBAR The 13th East African Co-ordination Meeting on Fanning in Tsetse Control Areas East Africa..PDF http://repository.au-ibar.org/handle/123456789/332 Assessment of Biiodiversity in the projeet areas of Western Kenya Report Qn Butterflies 9-16 August 2004..PDF African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources; AU-IBAR Assessment of Biiodiversity in the projeet areas of Western Kenya Report Qn Butterflies 9-16 August 2004..PDF http://repository.au-ibar.org/handle/123456789/329 Pan African Tsetse and Trypanosomosis Eradication Campaign PATTEC..PDF African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources; AU-IBAR Tsetse fly infestation is one of the most important constraints to rural development in sub-Saharan Africa. By transmitting animal trypanosomosis, the tsetse fly drastically reduces the numbers of livestock available. At the same time, trypanosomosis kills animals used for draught power, thus reducing the capacity of farmers to open up and work the land. Tsetse transmitted sleeping sickness, affects a considerable number of people in Africa, thereby reducing the availability of labour as well as increasing the cost of health services. Over the last 100 years a lot of effort has been put on initiatives aimed at controlling the tsetse fly. There has, however, been limited impact in terms of reducing the problem. Some of the areas where the tsetse fly populations were considerably reduced have become re-infested over time. As a result, gains made are often lost sooner or later. African Heads of State and Government, having been under pressure from their communities to do something about the tsetse fly, and realizing that individual country solutions would not work, came to the conclusion that the tsetse problem had to be tackled on a continent-wide basis. The OAU Summit held in Lomb, Togo, in July 2000, charged the Secretary General of the OAU with the task of initiating a campaign to eradicate this menace from the continent of Africa, once and for all. The Secretary General, in turn, commissioned a Task Force, comprising experts from African countries, to formulate comprehensive strategies and a Plan of Action for the implementation of the Decision by the Heads of State and Government. Members of the Task Force were: J.P. Kabayo (OAU), Solomon Haile-Mariam (OAU), Daudi Waithaka (OAU), J. Mathu Ndungu (Kenya), Sadou Maiga (Mali), Charles Mahama (Ghana), William Shereni (Zimbabwe), Bado Abou (Burkina Faso), I. Sidibe (Burkina Faso), Rob Bagnall (South Africa), Assefa Mebrate (Ethiopia), A. Msangi (Tanzania), T.K. PhillemonMotsu (Botswana), Francis Oloo (Kenya), Nkurangah Charles (Rwanda), L.M. Ogwal (Uganda), Codjia Victorin (Benin) and H.G.B. Chizyuka (Representative of PACI Peariinrial frir Afrin,n1 Thr. Tool. Cr-sr..r. ;4, Prior to the convening of the workshop, extensive consultations with international experts from different parts of the world were held. The ideas and proposals that were contributed by the experts formed part of the resource materials used at the workshop.