@article{Weyori:333944,
      recid = {333944},
      author = {Weyori, Alirah Emmanuel},
      title = {Are integrated livestock disease-management practices  complements or substitutes? The case of AAT control in  rural Ethiopia},
      journal = {African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics},
      address = {2021-09-01},
      number = {311-2023-787},
      month = {Sep},
      year = {2021},
      abstract = {Livestock, particularly cattle, are an integral part of  livelihoods in rural sub-Saharan Africa. However, diseases  such as African animal trypanosomosis (AAT) have limited  the potential of this important sector in the rural  household economy. Using a representative sample of  small-scale cattle farmers, this study investigates the  adoption of modern AAT-management technologies in rural  Ethiopia. Specifically, this study investigates the  adoption of so-called ‘best-bet technologies’ (BBTs),  recommended by veterinary experts as complementary measures  to manage AAT. The results show that the multiple adoption  of BBTs was low. In addition, BBTs were adopted as  substitutes, and not as complements as suggested by  veterinary experts. The results suggest budgetary  constraints are proxied by wealth, and information  asymmetry explains the substitution effects. The training  and re-education of veterinary personnel, as well as  programmes and interventions that would improve access to  livestock-management inputs, should be pursued vigorously  by policy makers to increase the adoption of modern  AAT-management technologies to improve cattle  productivity.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/333944},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.333944},
}