Valuing Animal Genetic Resources in Peasant Economies: The Case of the Box Keken Creole Pig in Yucatan

38 Pages Posted: 18 Jan 2002

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Riccardo Scarpa

University of Waikato - Management School

Adam Drucker

Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

Simon Anderson

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Nancy Ferraes-Ehuan

FMVZ-Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan

Veronica Gomez

FMVZ-Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan

Carlos R. Risopatron

FMVZ-Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan

Olga Rubio-Leonel

FMVZ-Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan

Date Written: December 2001

Abstract

We report the results of a choice-experiment study to model preferences over a selection of breed traits of 'creole' pigs. The study was conducted amongst households of backyard producers and small farmers rearing this local breed in Yucatan, Mexico.

Hypothetical choice data were collected to estimate the preference of households over alternative pigs profiles whose attributes distinguish creole pigs from the potentially more productive, yet less adapted exotic breeds currently threatening to severely displace this locally adapted animal genetic resource.

The observed choices are employed to estimate a series of random utility models whose results are tested for preference equality between households and small farmers. Stated-preference based estimates are found to be of the same magnitude as revealed-preference producers costs. As a consequence the method is deemed to be appropriate for the valuation of non-market functions in production. Estimates conditional on household characteristics are then presented and discussed.

Keywords: Biodiversity values, genetic resources, stated preference, choice experiments, livestock values, non-market values, creole pig

Suggested Citation

Scarpa, Riccardo and Drucker, Adam and Anderson, Simon and Ferraes-Ehuan, Nancy and Gomez, Veronica and Risopatron, Carlos R. and Rubio-Leonel, Olga, Valuing Animal Genetic Resources in Peasant Economies: The Case of the Box Keken Creole Pig in Yucatan (December 2001). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=296944 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.296944

Riccardo Scarpa (Contact Author)

University of Waikato - Management School ( email )

Hamilton
New Zealand

Adam Drucker

Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) ( email )

P.O. Box 5689
Ababa
Kenya

HOME PAGE: http://www.ilri.org/research/StaffProfile.asp?ID=55

Simon Anderson

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Wye, Ashford

Nancy Ferraes-Ehuan

FMVZ-Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan

Calle 60 491
Centro Histórico
Mérida, Yucatan 97000
Mexico

Veronica Gomez

FMVZ-Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan

Calle 60 491
Centro Histórico
Mérida, Yucatan 97000
Mexico

Carlos R. Risopatron

FMVZ-Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan

Calle 60 491
Centro Histórico
Mérida, Yucatan 97000
Mexico

Olga Rubio-Leonel

FMVZ-Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan

Calle 60 491
Centro Histórico
Mérida, Yucatan 97000
Mexico

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