Which Animal Welfare Measures should be implemented in Animal Welfare Programs? A Stakeholder Analysis

Abstract: In response to the growing number of citizens who express concerns about farm animal welfare in intensive, modern livestock farming, a number of programs that sell meat and other food products of animal origin from more animal friendly production systems (so called animal welfare programs) have emerged on the market in recent years. To successfully establish an animal welfare program in the market, the acceptance of several stakeholders along the supply chains of food products of animal origin is needed. For this reason, based on three quantitative empirical studies, this study investigates the perceived importance and practicability of 13 often discussed animal welfare measures from farmers’, veterinarians’ and consumers’ point of view. The results show that the evaluations of the animal welfare measures surveyed differ widely between the stakeholder groups. However, the results also give evidence that it is not impossible to develop an animal welfare program which meets the commo.... https://www.tib-op.org/ojs/index.php/gjae/article/view/2071

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Which Animal Welfare Measures should be implemented in Animal Welfare Programs? A Stakeholder Analysis ; volume:66 ; number:4 ; year:2017 ; German journal of agricultural economics ; 66, Heft 4 (2017)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Heise, Heinke ; Theuvsen, Ludwig

Further information

• DOI: 10.52825/gjae.v66i4.2071
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2409251023536.103987447872
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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