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Market organization and animal genetic resource management: a revealed preference analysis of sheep pricing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2017

K. Tindano ,
N. Moula ,
P. Leroy ,
A. Traoré  and
N. Antoine-Moussiaux
K. Tindano
Affiliation:
Fundamental and Applied Research for Animals & Health (FARAH), Sustainable Animal Production, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liege, 4000 Liege, Belgium
N. Moula
Affiliation:
Fundamental and Applied Research for Animals & Health (FARAH), Sustainable Animal Production, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liege, 4000 Liege, Belgium Tropical Veterinary Institute, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liege, 4000 Liege, Belgium
P. Leroy
Affiliation:
Fundamental and Applied Research for Animals & Health (FARAH), Sustainable Animal Production, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liege, 4000 Liege, Belgium Tropical Veterinary Institute, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liege, 4000 Liege, Belgium
A. Traoré
Affiliation:
INERA, 04 BP 8645, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
N. Antoine-Moussiaux*
Affiliation:
Fundamental and Applied Research for Animals & Health (FARAH), Sustainable Animal Production, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liege, 4000 Liege, Belgium Tropical Veterinary Institute, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liege, 4000 Liege, Belgium
*
†E-mail: nantoine@ulg.ac.be
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Abstract

Farm animal genetic resources are threatened worldwide. Participation in markets, while representing a crucial way out of poverty for many smallholders, affects genetic management choices with associated sustainability concerns. This paper proposes a contextualized study of the interactions between markets and animal genetic resources management, in the case of sheep markets in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. It focusses on the organization of marketing chains and the valuation of genetic characteristics by value chain actors. Marketing chain characterization was tackled through semi-structured interviews with 25 exporters and 15 butchers, both specialized in sheep. Moreover, revealed preference methods were applied to analyse the impact of animals’ attributes on market pricing. Data were collected from 338 transactions during three different periods: Eid al-Adha, Christmas and New Year period, and a neutral period. The neutral period is understood as a period not close to any event likely to influence the demand for sheep. The results show that physical characteristics such as live weight, height at withers and coat colour have a strong influence on the animals’ prices. Live weight has also had an increasing marginal impact on price. The different markets (local butcher, feasts, export market, sacrifices) represent distinct demands for genetic characteristics, entailing interesting consequences for animal genetic resource management. Any breeding programme should therefore take this diversity into account to allow this sector to contribute better to a sustainable development of the country.

Keywords

marketsheeprevealed preferencepricingbiodiversity
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Research Article
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animal , Volume 11 , Issue 10 , October 2017 , pp. 1873 - 1880
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© The Animal Consortium 2017 

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