Valuation of traits of indigenous sheep using hedonic pricing in Central Ethiopia

cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions, and Marketsen
cg.coverage.countryEthiopiaen
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ETen
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen
cg.creator.identifierDerek Baker: 0000-0001-6020-6973en
cg.creator.identifierAynalem: 0000-0001-5914-0487en
cg.creator.identifierGirma T. Kassie: 0000-0001-7430-4291en
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1186/2193-7532-1-6en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn2193-7532en
cg.issue1en
cg.journalAgricultural and Food Economicsen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.ilriINDIGENOUS BREEDSen
cg.subject.ilriMARKETSen
cg.subject.ilriSHEEPen
cg.subject.ilriSMALL RUMINANTSen
cg.volume1en
dc.contributor.authorGutu, Z.en
dc.contributor.authorHaile, Aynalemen
dc.contributor.authorBaker, Dereken
dc.contributor.authorKassie, Girma T.en
dc.date.accessioned2013-08-22T16:18:42Zen
dc.date.available2013-08-22T16:18:42Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/33513
dc.titleValuation of traits of indigenous sheep using hedonic pricing in Central Ethiopiaen
dcterms.abstractThis study estimates the implicit prices of indigenous sheep traits based on revealed preferences. A hedonic pricing model is fitted to examine the determinants of observed sheep prices. Transaction data were generated from rural markets of Horro-Guduru Wollega Zone of Ethiopia. Both OLS and heteroscedasticity consistent estimations were made. The empirical results consistently indicate that phenotypic traits of traded indigenous sheep (age, color, body size, and tail condition) are major determinants of price implying the importance of trait preferences in determining the price of sheep in local markets. Season and market locations are also very important price determinants suggesting the need to target season and market place in sheep improvement programmes. Therefore, the development of a comprehensive breeding program that has marketing element is crucial to make sheep improvement sustainable and sheep keepers benefit from the intervention.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2013-08-20en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationGutu, Z., Haile, A., Baker, D. and Kassie, G.T. 2013. Valuation of traits of indigenous sheep using hedonic pricing in Central Ethiopia. Agricultural and Food Economics 1: 6.en
dcterms.issued2013-12en
dcterms.languageenen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-2.0en
dcterms.publisherSpringeren
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen

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