 Assessing the total economic value of threatened livestock breeds in Italy: Implications for conservation policyKerstin K. Zander, Giovanni Signorello (), Maria De Salvo (), Gustavo Gandini and Adam G. Drucker Ecological Economics, 2013, vol. 93, issue C, 219-229 Abstract: The total economic value (TEV) of two threatened Italian cattle breeds (Modicana and Maremmana) was investigated using a choice experiment survey. Most respondents (85%) support breed conservation, their stated willingness-to-pay easily justifying EU support. The high landscape maintenance, existence and future option values of both breeds (around 80% of their TEVs) suggest that incentives mechanisms are indeed needed in order to allow farmers to capture some of these public good values and hence motivate them to undertake conservation-related activities. The positive direct use values of both breeds (around 20% of their TEVs) imply that niche product markets aimed at enhancing the private good values associated with conservation could also form elements of a conservation and use strategy for these breeds. Keywords: Agrobiodiversity; Animal genetic resources; Choice experiment; European traditional livestock breeds; Rural Development Plans (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:ecolec:v:93:y:2013:i:c:p:219-229 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.06.002 Access Statistics for this article Ecological Economics is currently edited by C. J. Cleveland More articles in Ecological Economics from Elsevier |
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