Social Valuation of Genebank Activities: Assessing Public Demand for Genetic Resource Conservation in the Czech Republic

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11690%2F18%3A10387956" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11690/18:10387956 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/61384399:31110/18:00053429

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/11/3997/htm" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/11/3997/htm</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su10113997" target="_blank" >10.3390/su10113997</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Social Valuation of Genebank Activities: Assessing Public Demand for Genetic Resource Conservation in the Czech Republic

Original language description

The use of diverse genetic resources to breed improved crop varieties has been a key driver of agricultural productivity improvements in the past century. At the same time, the adoption of modern varieties has contributed to substantial loss of traditional varieties. In this analysis, we estimate the social value provided by several proposed crop diversity conservation programs to be carried out by the Czech genebank system. We use a double-bounded dichotomous choice model to estimate the willingness-to-pay (WTP) for conserving additional crop varieties in the genebank for ten years using data collected through an online contingent valuation survey administered to a sample representative of the general Czech population (1037 respondents) and a smaller sub-sample representative of the agricultural region of South Moravia (500 respondents). Mean WTP was found to be about $9 for both the Czech and S. Moravian sub-samples, corresponding to country-wide benefits of similar to$68 million. These benefits increase by 6-7% for every ten varieties conserved, implying total welfare benefits of similar to$84 million for a program conserving the maximum number of 35 additional crop varieties offered in the experiment. The study illustrates an empirical approach of potential value for policymakers responsible for determining funding levels for genetic resource conservation.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50201 - Economic Theory

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA15-23815S" target="_blank" >GA15-23815S: Improving predictive validity of valuation methods by application of an integrative theory of behaviour</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Sustainability

ISSN

2071-1050

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

10

Issue of the periodical within the volume

11

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

19

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000451531700171

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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