Valuing goat genetic resources: A pro-poor growth strategy in the Kenyan semi-arid tropics

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 583-596

  Omondi, I A ^a,b   Baltenweck, I ^b   Drucker, A G ^c   Obare, G A ^a   Zander, K K ^c  

^a EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Choice experiments; Economic valuation; Goat genetic resources; Stated preference method; Traits

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY SIZE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETICS; GOAT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INNATE IMMUNITY; KENYA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MILK; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; RURAL POPULATION; SECRETION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY SIZE; COMMERCE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GOATS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; KENYA; MALE; MILK; MODELS, ECONOMIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; RURAL POPULATION;

CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 55949086245     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-008-9137-2     Document Type: Article

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