Abstract

BAEZ-QUINONES, Nadia. Economic appraisal of the environment and its application in the Cuban animal husbandry sector. Pastos y Forrajes [online]. 2018, vol.41, n.3, pp.161-169. ISSN 0864-0394.

The objective of this paper is to present the environmental economic appraisal methods and their application in the Cuban animal husbandry sector. For such purpose the Total Economic Value theory is taken as reference, and the most widely used methods and techniques are identified according to the adopted concept of value. A group of studies about the application of the environmental economic in Cuba is reviewed, and four cases of interest in the animal husbandry sector are analyzed. The topic of the application of the environmental economic appraisal in the animal husbandry sector is not very frequent in scientific literature. This is only limited to determining the main environmental functions and the magnitude of their impact, but their economic value is not taken into consideration. It is concluded that the Total Economic Value theory is one of the most widely used for the economic appraisal of the environment. In addition, there are diverse highly useful techniques for economically appraising the environmental impact of animal husbandry in Cuba.

Keywords : animal husbandry; environmental impact; economic viabilit.

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