Beyond economic motives: Value of indigenous dairy cattle breed for the livestock keepers in India
Indigenous cattle not only provide milk, dung and draught power but are also a crucial part of India’s ecological and cultural heritage. Despite this, they are facing threat of extinction. Absence of information regarding their multiple roles and monetary estimates of the benefits, obstructs the in...
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Indigenous cattle not only provide milk, dung and draught power but are also a crucial part of India’s ecological
and cultural heritage. Despite this, they are facing threat of extinction. Absence of information regarding their
multiple roles and monetary estimates of the benefits, obstructs the investment for their conservation. Current
study attempts to assess the economic value of different benefits of one of the best indigenous cattle breeds of
India, Sahiwal. Choice experiment was used for collecting primary data from 168 dairy farmers which was then
analyzed using random parameter logit model. ʽCultural valueʼ of Sahiwal occupied the major share (29.93%) of
total economic value followed by ʽindirect use value (21.25%)ʼ and ʽexistence value (18.40%)ʼ. Interestingly, share
of ʽdirect consumptive use valueʼ was comparatively lower. This indicates that any decision on conservation taken
solely on the basis of direct consumptive use value is unlikely to maximize the societal welfare. Development of
specific market for milk and milk products of Sahiwal, promotion of the breed as symbol of peace and unity through
various cultural and heritage parks, and revival of organic farming can incentivize the Sahiwal rearing farmers which
can then supplement the conservation efforts of the government
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| spelling | doaj.art-b3871d3e05114ffbad1741de66f20ba22023-02-08T11:30:10ZengIndian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndian Journal of Animal Sciences0367-83182394-33272022-02-0192510.56093/ijans.v92i5.113190Beyond economic motives: Value of indigenous dairy cattle breed for the livestock keepers in IndiaGunjan Bhandari0B S CHANDEL1R MALHOTRA2ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal-132001, Haryana, IndiaICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana 132 001 IndiaICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana 132 001 India Indigenous cattle not only provide milk, dung and draught power but are also a crucial part of India’s ecological and cultural heritage. Despite this, they are facing threat of extinction. Absence of information regarding their multiple roles and monetary estimates of the benefits, obstructs the investment for their conservation. Current study attempts to assess the economic value of different benefits of one of the best indigenous cattle breeds of India, Sahiwal. Choice experiment was used for collecting primary data from 168 dairy farmers which was then analyzed using random parameter logit model. ʽCultural valueʼ of Sahiwal occupied the major share (29.93%) of total economic value followed by ʽindirect use value (21.25%)ʼ and ʽexistence value (18.40%)ʼ. Interestingly, share of ʽdirect consumptive use valueʼ was comparatively lower. This indicates that any decision on conservation taken solely on the basis of direct consumptive use value is unlikely to maximize the societal welfare. Development of specific market for milk and milk products of Sahiwal, promotion of the breed as symbol of peace and unity through various cultural and heritage parks, and revival of organic farming can incentivize the Sahiwal rearing farmers which can then supplement the conservation efforts of the government https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/113190Choice ExperimentConservationCultural ValueIndigenous CattleSahiwalTotal Economic Value |
| spellingShingle | Gunjan Bhandari B S CHANDEL R MALHOTRA Beyond economic motives: Value of indigenous dairy cattle breed for the livestock keepers in India Indian Journal of Animal Sciences Choice Experiment Conservation Cultural Value Indigenous Cattle Sahiwal Total Economic Value |
| title | Beyond economic motives: Value of indigenous dairy cattle breed for the livestock keepers in India |
| title_full | Beyond economic motives: Value of indigenous dairy cattle breed for the livestock keepers in India |
| title_fullStr | Beyond economic motives: Value of indigenous dairy cattle breed for the livestock keepers in India |
| title_full_unstemmed | Beyond economic motives: Value of indigenous dairy cattle breed for the livestock keepers in India |
| title_short | Beyond economic motives: Value of indigenous dairy cattle breed for the livestock keepers in India |
| title_sort | beyond economic motives value of indigenous dairy cattle breed for the livestock keepers in india |
| topic | Choice Experiment Conservation Cultural Value Indigenous Cattle Sahiwal Total Economic Value |
| url | https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/113190 |
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