@article{Mari:305218,
      recid = {305218},
      author = {Mari, Franco},
      title = {A methodological proposal for the estimation of the  Standard Output of dog breeding. A study case from Italy},
      journal = {Economia agro-alimentare / Food Economy},
      address = {2020-02-24},
      number = {2372-2020-1478},
      month = {Feb},
      year = {2020},
      abstract = {In countries with a post-industrial economy, where  agriculture evolves towards rural development, canine  breeding can be a good opportunity to integrate  agricultural income. Despite this and despite being an  agricultural activity in all respects, cynophilia is not  contemplated among the productive activities for which the  calculation of Standard Output is envisaged, an economic  variable set by the EU to measure the economic size of  farms aimed at the granting of aid. Considering the  inconvenience that this causes to canine breeders, the  present contribution proposes a methodology for estimating  the variable under examination consistent with the  community legislation and based on a method of breeding  that meets the principles of animal welfare. As dog  breeding is not intended for production of food or other  material goods other than puppies, its production cycle is  not suitable for a subdivision based on homogeneous  categories of age or weight, as occurs in traditional  farms. The consistency with the community legislation,  which is realized in the quantification of the annual  production of the breeding, has therefore been obtained by  means of the financial discounting of the costs and  revenues obtainable throughout the entire production cycle  and in calculation of their annual share. The compliance of  the breeding technique with the principles of animal  well-being, on the other hand, stems from compliance with  the rules laid down in the Ethical code of the breeder of  dogs prepared by Enci – Ente Nazionale della Cinofilia  Italiana (Italian National Body for Cynophilia). The data  needed to estimate the costs and revenues associated with  dog breeding are almost completely available online and the  results obtained are congruous and very interesting.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/305218},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.305218},
}