Competitiveness of cattle breeding in Switzerland: the value of policies enabling informed decisions

Stefan Mann ()

Bio-based and Applied Economics Journal, 2019, vol. 08, issue 3

Abstract: Using the case of of Swiss Brown Cattle breeding, this paper develops the hypothesis that a two-angle strategy of fostering competition and providing maxi-mum access to information is promising for states to attain high competitiveness on a national level. Abandoning the monopoly on bull sperm while subsidising classifica-tions of animals in order to provide a maximum base of knowledge helped to increase Switzerland’s self-sufficiency in Brown Cattle sperm from under 50 to almost 100 per cent.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.307423

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