Valuing genetic resources in peasant economies: the case of ‘hairless’ creole pigs in Yucatan

cg.coverage.countryMexico
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2MX
cg.coverage.regionLatin America
cg.coverage.regionCentral America
cg.creator.identifierAdam Drucker: 0000-0002-9800-6800
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/s0921-8009(03)00095-8en
cg.issn0921-8009en
cg.issue3en
cg.journalEcological Economicsen
cg.subject.ilriLIVESTOCKen
cg.subject.ilriBIODIVERSITYen
cg.subject.ilriINDIGENOUS BREEDSen
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL BREEDINGen
cg.volume45en
dc.contributor.authorScarpa, R.en
dc.contributor.authorDrucker, Adam G.en
dc.contributor.authorAnderson, S.en
dc.contributor.authorFerraes-Ehuan, N.en
dc.contributor.authorGómez, V.en
dc.contributor.authorRisopatron, C.en
dc.contributor.authorRubio-Leonel, O.en
dc.date.accessioned2010-05-18T20:56:28Zen
dc.date.available2010-05-18T20:56:28Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/1563
dc.titleValuing genetic resources in peasant economies: the case of ‘hairless’ creole pigs in Yucatanen
dcterms.abstractWe report the results of a choice-experiment study to model preferences over a selection of breed traits of ‘creole’ pigs. The study was conducted amongst households of backyard producers and small farmers rearing this local breed in Yucatan, Mexico. Hypothetical choice data were collected to estimate the preference of households over alternative pigs profiles whose attributes distinguish creole pigs from the potentially more productive, yet less adapted exotic breeds currently threatening to severely displace this locally adapted animal genetic resource (AnGR). The observed choices are employed to estimate a series of random utility models whose results are first tested for preference equality between households and small farmers, then endogenous segmentation is allowed within households by means of latent class models. Stated-preference based estimates are found to be of the same magnitude as revealed-preference producers costs. As a consequence the method is deemed to be appropriate for the valuation of non-market functions in production. Estimates conditional on household characteristics are then presented and discussed.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationScarpa, R.; Drucker, A.; Anderson, S.; Ferraes-Ehuan, N.; Gomez, V.; Risopatron, C.; Rubio-Leonel, O. 2003. Valuing genetic resources in peasant economies: the case of ‘hairless’ creole pigs in Yucatan. Ecological Economics 45(3):427-443.en
dcterms.extentp. 427-443en
dcterms.issued2003-07
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherElsevieren
dcterms.subjectgeneticsen
dcterms.subjectlivestocken
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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