Valuing indigenous cattle breeds in Kenya: An empirical comparison of stated and revealed preference value estimates

Ecological Economics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 409-426

  Scarpa, Riccardo ^a   Ruto, Eric S K ^b,c   Kristjanson, Patti ^d   Radeny, Maren ^d   Drucker, Adam G ^e   Rege, John E O ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^e INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity values; Choice experiments; East African shorthorn zebu; Genetic resources; Livestock values; Non market values; Taste heterogeneity; Variance heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; GENETIC RESOURCE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LIVESTOCK; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0344436674     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8009(03)00094-6     Document Type: Article

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