Tsetse fly management
Practical Action
Community participation
Livestock owners are usually the most ready to participate. If they constitute the majority
of the population, there is no problem, as they are probably become enthusiastic in order to
gain personal financial benefits. Community participation is also much more successful if
human populations are sedentary rather than migratory, and if they own their land and thus
have the incentive of directly benefiting from the activities.
Community participation is sometimes viewed as a source of free or cheap labour. This is not a
good approach. If local involvement is to be secured and sustained the benefits must be
convincing to the participants and exceed the value of labour and other inputs.
It is best if some people in the community are given paid employment in the control
operations, in addition to any self-help component. This will not only provide employment, but
will enable those employed to be trained in more depth on the approach. They can then
spearhead community motivation, and act as a focus for these activities.
Involving local communities in development tsetse traps
Effective involvement of local communities in tsetse trap technology adoption requires that
they acquire appropriate skills such as trap-making, site selection for trap deployment, trap
deployment, and maintenance. Target communities must also be supported to acquire
additional skills such as resource mobilization and management, leadership, and
organizational management to enable target communities sustain tsetse-trapping activities
beyond external support.
Making a tsetse fly trap
Materials Requirement
1. One piece of blue material measuring 3m x 1m (Piece A)
3m
1m
Piece A
2. One piece of black material measuring 1m x ½m (Piece B1)
½m
1m
Piece B1
3. One piece of black material measuring 1m x ½m (Piece B2)
½m
1m
Piece B2
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