Abstract from UI electronic subscription., Authors use contingent valuation to determine the economic value of improving the welfare of farm animals and find that people are willing to pay extra on their weekly food bill to ensure that laying hens, broiler chickens, dairy cows and pigs have improved welfare conditions. "The benefits of improving animal welfare are shown to exceed the costs of implementing these schemes. We conclude that improving the standards of legislation for farm animal welfare so that all farm animals experience higher standards of welfare can be economically justified."
Matin, Anahita Hosseini (author) and Goddard, Ellen (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2014-05
Published:
Canada
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 190 Document Number: D02727
Notes:
Paper presented at the 2014 Agricultural and Applied Economics Association joint AAEA/EAAE/CAES symposium: Social networks, social media and the economics of food, Montreal, Canada, May 29-30, 2014. 33 pages.
Tarpley, Troy G. (author), Steede, Garrett M. (author), Gorham, Laura M. (author), Krause, Amber (author), Cummins, R. Glenn (author), and Akers, Cindy (author)
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
2017-02
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 163 Document Number: D08158
Notes:
Research paper presented in the Agricultural Communications Section, Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists (SAAS) conference in Mobile, Alabama, February 4-7, 2017. 23 pages.
