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Because its money is subsumed under DADU and RADU [district and regional agriculture development unit, respectively], the director can take the money allocated to veterinary work and use it, and by so doing deny veterinary services their share at the time they might request moThe broader social context affected veterinary services delivery over the course of the reforms. For example, demand for public veterinary services shifted from cattle farmers to owners of both small ruminants and cattle because of incessant cattle theft. Twenty years ago, over 80% and 60% of households owned small ruminants and cattle, respectively, in UWR (ICRA and NAES 1993). Excluding Tabiasi, 79.5% and 15.7% of households kept goats and cattle, respectively, in three communities in 2012 . This is reflected in the change in demand for veterinary services by households keeping small ruminants and cattle in the communities . In two (Tabiasi and N. Tankyara) of our four study communities, we observed an increase in the demand for, and use of, public veterinary services. Two inter-related factors contributed to this: first, in these two communities, groups of farmers self-organized to create access to veterinary services. For example, in Tabiasi, respondents told us that, during the past five years, the incumbent veterinary TO was almost always absent from the community. In response, the farmers organized themselves into groups to use the services of the previous veterinary TO who had been transferred to another district, about 80 kilometres away. The farmers explained that they willingly pay a higher price for this TO’s services because he is very effective.
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