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Title: Who benefits from Genetic Improvement?
Contributor(s): Banks, R G  (author)orcid 
Publication Date: 2014
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/17345
Abstract: Genetic improvement delivers benefits in the form of trait changes, informed markets for seedstock, and expertise and capacity among breeders. The primary beneficiaries of the trait changes have generally been believed to be consumers. This is not automatically the case. This belief has been used to support arguments for community support for genetic improvement. Re-framing the question "who benefits" as "what changes are valuable, and how best to fund the improvement" is suggested as a more useful approach. From this perspective, more traits and a longer time horizon are preferred. The challenge of supporting the phenotypic recording required in the face of market failure remains, and a mechanism is proposed for addressing this, applicable where there are collective funds available for industry development.
Publication Type: Conference Publication
Conference Details: WCGALP 2014: 10th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Vancouver, Canada, 17th - 22nd August, 2014
Source of Publication: Proceedings of the 10th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (WCGALP) (Genetic Improvement Programs: Breeding objectives, economics of selection schemes, and advances in selection theory), p. 1-6
Publisher: American Society of Animal Science
Place of Publication: Champaign, United States of America
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 060412 Quantitative Genetics (incl Disease and Trait Mapping Genetics)
070201 Animal Breeding
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 310506 Gene mapping
300305 Animal reproduction and breeding
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 830399 Livestock Raising not elsewhere classified
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 100407 Insects
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: E1 Refereed Scholarly Conference Publication
Publisher/associated links: https://asas.org/docs/default-source/wcgalp-proceedings-oral/009_paper_10337_manuscript_1321_0.pdf
Appears in Collections:Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit (AGBU)
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