Journal Article

Payments for the conservation of animal genetic resources in agriculture

author(s)

Juvančič, Luka

themes
  • Agrobiodiversity
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Juvančič, L.; Slabe-Erker, R.; Ogorevc, M.; Drucker, A.G.; Erjavec, E.; Bojkovski, D. (2021) Payments for the conservation of animal genetic resources in agriculture. SAVE e-news 2/2021 p. 8

Financial incentives for the conservation of local breeds are intended to make breeding and keeping more economical. Fixed payments per livestock unit (LU) are common. A study from Slovenia was pub-lished in March in the journal “Animals”, 2021, 11, which examined how state subsidies for the conser-vation of animal genetic resources affect population numbers and how farmers react.