Assessing the total economic value of threatened livestock breeds in Italy: Implications for conservation policy

Zander, Kerstin K.; Signorello, Giovanni; Salvo, Maria De; Gandini, G.; Drucker, Adam G.

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.06.002

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“…Overall, the results indicate that respondents were willing to pay around three to four times as much for the existence and cultural values of the AS than for its landscape and direct use values, which is in line with the findings of Zander et al (2013). In particular, the cultural value of the AS (37.3% of TEV) suggests that agritourism development, with funds being invested to help farmers to maintain/restore cultural aspects related to traditional farming practices (e.g.…”

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confidence: 78%

“…A number of economic studies using CE in order to examine farmers' values for livestock breed traits have been undertaken to date (e.g. Scarpa et al, 2003;Zander and Drucker, 2008;Zander et al, 2013).…”

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“…This study was realised in the context of the project 'Towards self-sustainable European regional cattle breeds' (EURECA; Hiemstra et al, 2010), which included the valuation of cattle breeds using a common stated preference CE approach in four European countries; Italy (Zander et al, 2013), Spain, Estonia and the Netherlands.…”

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Determination of non-market values to inform conservation strategies for the threatened Alistana–Sanabresa cattle breed

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Díaz

Drucker

et al. 2014

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Livestock breed-related public good functions are often used to justify support for endangered breed conservation despite the fact that little is known about such non-market values. We show how stated preference techniques can be used to assess the nonmarket values that people place on livestock breeds. Through the application of a case study choice experiment survey in Zamora province, Spain, the total economic value (TEV) of the threatened Alistana-Sanabresa (AS) cattle breed was investigated. An analysis of the relative importance of the non-market components of its TEV and an assessment of the socio-economic variables that influence people's valuation of such components is used to inform conservation strategy design. Overall, the findings reveal that the AS breed had significant non-market values associated with it and that the value that respondents placed on each specific public good function also varied significantly. Functions related with indirect use cultural and existence values were much more highly valued than landscape maintenance values. These high cultural and existence values (totalling over 80% of TEV) suggest that an AS in situ conservation strategy will be required to secure such values. As part of such a strategy, incentive mechanisms will be needed to permit farmers to capture some of these public good values and thus be able to afford to maintain breed population numbers at socially desirable levels. One such mechanism could be related to the development of breed-related agritourism initiatives, with a view to enhancing private good values and providing an important addition to continued direct support. Where linked with cultural dimensions, niche product market development, including through improving AS breed-related product quality and brand recognition may also have a role to play as part of such an overall conservation and use strategy. We conclude that livestock breed conservation strategies with the highest potential to maximise societal welfare would be those that secure the breed-related functions that people value most, with appropriate in situ conservation interventions and strategies being identified accordingly.Keywords: Cattle, breed, choice modelling, non-market functions, total economic value ImplicationsLittle information exists regarding the total economic value (TEV) of livestock breeds, especially concerning their breedrelated public good functions. However, these functions are often used to justify support for endangered breed conservation. This paper illustrates how improved understanding of the relative importance of such values can help to inform conservation strategies by undertaking a case study exploration of the TEV of the Spanish Alistana-Sanabresa (AS) cattle breed. The cultural and existence values of this breed were highly valued, implying that AS conservation strategies focusing on these aspects would have higher public support and therefore be more likely to be successful.

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Determination of non-market values to inform conservation strategies for the threatened Alistana–Sanabresa cattle breed

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“…Zander et al (2013) applied TEV to study two threatened Italian cattle breeds (Modicana and Maremmana) for the next 50 years. The average production value is US$13.31, landscape value is US$16.88, culture value is US$11.04, existence value is US$12.34, and option value is US$10.71 per livestock head per year [22]. Yang et al (2008) studied TEV of the constructed wetland system ecosystem service for the next 20 years at Hangzhou Botanical Garden in China.…”

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“…Parumog et al (2003) adopted travel cost method (TCM) for use-value and contingent valuation method (CVM) for non-use value to examine TEV for cultural heritage preservation along the south Cebu coastal road in Cebu City in the Philippines, finding that non-use value was about 40%-50% of TEV [21]. Zander et al (2013) applied TEV to study two threatened Italian cattle breeds (Modicana and Maremmana) for the next 50 years. The average production value is US$13.31, landscape value is US$16.88, culture value is US$11.04, existence value is US$12.34, and option value is US$10.71 per livestock head per year [22].…”

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Estimating the Total Economic Value of Cultivated Flower Land in Taiwan

Huang

Wang

2015

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Many arable land areas have been converted to residential or business uses by Taiwan government authorities, because the low farmland value is associated with the low value of agricultural products. However, agriculture is multifunctional. This study investigates farmland value through Total Economic Value (TEV) for Tianwei Township, which is Taiwan's largest floral farmland region. Direct use value measures the floral products' output value and recreational benefit. Recreational benefit from visitors' flower sightseeing was measured by the travel cost method (TCM). Option value and non-use value, including bequest value and existence value, measure the residents' willingness to pay through the double-bounded dichotomous contingent valuation method (CVM). The results show that the total floral products' output is NT$1.441 billion in 2007, recreational benefit is roughly NT$17.757 billion. The intangible value of option value and non-use values are approximately between NT$5 million to 15 million. Therefore, ignoring various values of farmland might lead to an underestimation of farmland value.

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Livestock biodiversity as interface between people, landscapes and nature

Hall

2019

People and Nature

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1. Livestock breeds, and the genetic diversity they embody, are components of global biodiversity.2. Intimately enfolded in human societies, they are also components of agroecosystems, providing food, non-food products, and other services including labour and social security. Under traditional management in pastoral systems, they can assure conservation of landscapes and of floral and faunal biodiversity.3. Conservation of these genetic resources has been supported scientifically by animal genetics. This paper argues that ecosystem services science could provide further support to, and will in turn benefit from involvement in, genetic conservation. The focus is on the cultural significance in its landscape contexts of livestock biodiversity, and it is recommended that linkages be strengthened among ecosystem sciences, cultural geography and animal sciences. 4. These linkages will help development of policies that enhance the delivery, and support the resilience, of the ecosystem services provided by livestock and the systems of which they are part. Policy interventions that promote the conservation and sustainable development of livestock biodiversity are likely to confer both ecological and cultural benefits, and strengthen linkages between people and nature. 5. In turn, while the science of ecosystem services should take more account of livestock biodiversity, animal sciences should engage more with its cultural dimensions. K E Y W O R D S agri-environment schemes, animal breeds, animal genetic resources, conservation policy, cultural geography, ecosystem services, grazing livestock, landscape ecology 1 | INTRODUC TI ON Inhabited landscapes and agroecosystems are to a very great extent the results of the conversion, by people and their livestock, of post-glacial ecosystems. Domesticated livestock have been, and continue to be, subject to the interaction of natural and artificial selection. This, coupled with genetic isolation, has led to the emergence of distinct breeds. As a result, many individual countries and regions have characteristic livestock breeds (Hall, 2004), with histories rich in human interest. Livestock breeds in general | 285 People and Nature HALL

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Assessing the total economic value of threatened livestock breeds in Italy: Implications for conservation policy

Cited by 48 publications

References 54 publications

Determination of non-market values to inform conservation strategies for the threatened Alistana–Sanabresa cattle breed

Determination of non-market values to inform conservation strategies for the threatened Alistana–Sanabresa cattle breed

Estimating the Total Economic Value of Cultivated Flower Land in Taiwan

Livestock biodiversity as interface between people, landscapes and nature

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