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Assessing the diversity of preferences of suburban smallholder sheep keepers for breeding rams in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
Tindano, K.; Moula, Nassim; Traore, A. et al.
2017In Tropical Animal Health and Production, 49 (6), p. 1187-1193
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Keywords :
Animal Husbandry/methods; Animals; Breeding/methods; Burkina Faso; Choice Behavior; Decision Making; Farmers/psychology; Male; Sheep, Domestic/physiology; Urbanization; Choice experiments; Sheep keepers; Willingness to pay
Abstract :
[en] Urbanisation in developing countries entails deep changes in the livestock sector and the management of animal genetic resources (AnGR). Sheep breeding around Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) illustrates these changes and the need to coordinate genetic improvement in general and the use of crossbreeding in particular. For this, it is important to understand breeders' choices and improvement strategy, to accompany them within a national plan for AnGR management. In a context of missing market for breeding rams, a stated choice experiment was conducted with 137 farmers, together with a characterisation of herd management practices. This survey analyses farmers' preferences for breeding rams, estimating their willingness to pay (WTP) for different traits (attributes). Their practices were characterised by a high reliance on natural pastures (82% of farmers) and a minority of crossbreeding (23%). The highest WTP was observed for disease resistance. However, the subgroup of farmers practicing crossbreeding showed a tolerance to high susceptibility. A strong preference for the white colour was revealed. Although significant, the influence of sheep body size on decision-making showed a lesser importance, again with a distinct behaviour in the subgroup practicing crossbreeding. These results illustrate the need to take account of the diversity of goals and preferences among smallholder sheep keepers to gain their adhesion to a coordinated genetic improvement framework.
Disciplines :
Animal production & animal husbandry
Author, co-author :
Tindano, K.
Moula, Nassim  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Scientifiques attachés au Doyen (F MV)
Traore, A.
Leroy, Pascal ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des productions animales (DPA) > Conseillers du Recteur
Antoine-Moussiaux, Nicolas  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des productions animales (DPA) > Biostatistique, économie, sélection animale
Language :
English
Title :
Assessing the diversity of preferences of suburban smallholder sheep keepers for breeding rams in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
Publication date :
2017
Journal title :
Tropical Animal Health and Production
ISSN :
0049-4747
eISSN :
1573-7438
Publisher :
Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands
Volume :
49
Issue :
6
Pages :
1187-1193
Peer reviewed :
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