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European Review of Agricultural Economics 2006 33(2):173-192; doi:10.1093/erae/jbl004
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Setting priorities in farm animal conservation choices—expert opinion and revealed policy preferences

Aziz Fadlaoui

Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium and INRA Meknès, Morocco

Jutta Roosen

University of Kiel, Germany

Philippe V. Baret

Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium

Corresponding author: Jutta Roosen, Department of Food Economics and Consumption Studies, University of Kiel, Olshausenstr. 40, 24098 Kiel, Germany. Telephone: +49 431 880 4567. Fax: +49 431 880 7308. E-mail: jroosen{at}food-econ.uni-kiel.de

Received April 2005; final version received January 2006

We consider the choice of farm animal breeds for conservation programmes. An expert survey among breed societies and scientists and the analysis of past decisions in EU member countries to enter breeds into conservation programmes show differences in the valuation of breed characteristics. Whereas both sets of actors value diversity aspects as well as cultural and economic aspects of breed conservation, policy makers, in comparison with experts, seem to be less concerned about true extinction risk. The results suggest broadening the discussion about the conservation of animal genetic resources to aspects preserving societal and cultural resources.

Keywords: animal genetic resources, conservation, expert survey, farm animal breeds, European Union, rural development programmes


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