Valuing Animal Genetic Resources: A Choice Modeling Application to Indigenous Cattle in Kenya
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- Eric Ruto & Guy Garrod & Riccardo Scarpa, 2008. "Valuing animal genetic resources: a choice modeling application to indigenous cattle in Kenya," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 38(1), pages 89-98, January.
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Keywords
animal genetic resources; economic valuation; choice experiments; latent class models; indigenous livestock; Maasai Zebu cattle;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- N5 - Economic History - - Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment and Extractive Industries
- O13 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products
- C25 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models; Discrete Regressors; Proportions; Probabilities
- Q26 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Recreational Aspects of Natural Resources
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2007-04-09 (Africa)
- NEP-AGR-2007-04-09 (Agricultural Economics)
- NEP-DCM-2007-04-09 (Discrete Choice Models)
- NEP-DEV-2007-04-09 (Development)
- NEP-ENV-2007-04-09 (Environmental Economics)
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