Comparable Costings of Alternatives for Dealing with Tsetse: Estimates for Uganda

摘要

To inform the debate about which approach(es) could be used to control or eliminate tsetse, new cost estimates for large scale operations in Uganda have been produced. The results for isolated populations confirm previous rankings of costs per km2 cleared of tsetse: insecticide-treated cattle (US dollar 130-300), traps (dollar400-900), aerial spraying (dollar 500-600) and suppression followed by release of sterile males (dollar 1000-1300). These costs are highly sensitive to certain factors: whether the tsetse population is isolated; the amount of management, accompanying research and monitoring required; the use of restrictive application for insecticide-treated cattle and the fact that the cost of sterile male production and release is necessarily additional to prior investment in suppression. The ranking is robust and is maintained when non-isolated populations are considered.