Farmers’ Preferences Regarding the Design of Animal Welfare Programs: Insights from a Choice-Based Conjoint Study in Germany
| Autor: | Marcus Mergenthaler, Iris Schröter |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Choice based conjoint
choice experiment Article animal welfare Animal welfare lcsh:Zoology 0502 economics and business Remuneration animal welfare measures 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences lcsh:QL1-991 050102 behavioral science & comparative psychology lcsh:Veterinary medicine General Veterinary Animal health Public economics business.industry Compensation (psychology) 05 social sciences food and beverages respiratory tract diseases Livestock farming farmers’ preferences animal welfare programs lcsh:SF600-1100 Animal Science and Zoology Livestock 050202 agricultural economics & policy business |
| Zdroj: | Animals Volume 11 Issue 3 Animals : an Open Access Journal from MDPI Animals, Vol 11, Iss 704, p 704 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2076-2615 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/ani11030704 |
| Popis: | As more animal welfare is required in livestock farming, several approaches have been developed to improve the well-being of farmed animals on a voluntary basis. Since farmers’ acceptance is important for the success of these approaches, their preferences should be considered when developing farm animal welfare programs. We used choice based conjoint analysis to investigate the preferences of 242 German livestock farmers (147 cattle farmers 95 pig farmers) regarding the design of farm animal welfare programs. The conditional logit regression models show that the measures serving as basis for remuneration and the compensation level were of decisive importance for the farmers’ choices. The most preferred measure for assessing animal welfare, and thus as the basis for remuneration, was animal health. As expected, a higher compensation level led to greater acceptance of an animal welfare approach. The commitment period was only of subordinate importance with the longer commitment period being preferred. Our study outlines aspects of farm animal welfare programs that might encourage farmers to participate in these programs. Future programs could consider our findings by emphasising health parameters and by creating planning security through longer commitment periods and sufficiently high compensations for farmers’ efforts to improve animal welfare. |
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