Using conjoint analysis to estimate farmer's preferences for cattle traits in West Africa

Ecological Economics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 393-407

  Tano, Kouadio ^a   Kamuanga, Mulumba ^b   Faminow, Merle D ^c   Swallow, Brent ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ FÉLIX HOUPHOUËT BOIGNY   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^b Centre International de Recherche Developpement sur lElevage en zone Subhumide Bobo Dioulasso   (Burkina Faso)

^c Intl Development Res Centre (IDRC)   (Uruguay)

^d WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Animal traits; Breeds; Conjoint analysis; Farmer preferences; West africa

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; DEVELOPING WORLD; FARMERS ATTITUDE; GENETIC RESOURCE; LIVESTOCK;

AFRICA; BURKINA FASO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0344436675     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8009(03)00093-4     Document Type: Article

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