Dr Kerstin Zander
Research Associate - Economic modelling
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Contact details Phone: (08) 8946 7368 |
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Research interestsKerstin is an agricultural/environmental economist with strong interest in the economics of sustainable livestock production. She specializes in the application of non-market evaluation techniques in the field of natural resource management, in particular in the design and analysis of choice models. Prior to working at CDU, Kerstin completed her PhD at the Center for Development Research (ZEF) in Bonn. She conducted her research in southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya on the broad topic of “Use, exchange and conservation of animal genetic resources”. In East Africa, she collaborated with the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the GTZ. After finishing her PhD, Kerstin undertook some consultancy jobs for the UNDP, FAO and ILRI and assisted in writing the First Report on the State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for the FAO. Her research interests within the School for Environmental Research are as follows:
Current projects
Current studentsMs Indra Asmara (PhD). Co-supervisors: Dr Adam Drucker, Dr agr. Asep Anang. "Identifying priorities for conservation and sustainable use of chicken breeds in Java through improved understanding of their status and economic contribution to rural livelihoods." Vidogbena Faustin (PhD). University of Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Benin. “Livelihood contribution of natural forest of the Lama region to the local population.” James Madzimure (PhD). "Valuing Indigenous pig genetic resources in communal areas of South Africa."
Immaculate Omondi (MSc) Egerton University, Kenya. "Economic analysis of production systems regarding the Community-Based Management of Indigenous Farm Animal Genetic Resources in Northern Kenya."
ARC Linkage grants: Modelling Payments for Environmental Services on Indigenous held lands: Kerstin Zander with Adam Drucker and Riccardo Scarpa. This aims to quantify values of
different environmental services in
different sectors of society and to CDU internal grants: Improving the value of Bali cattle to livelihoods in NTT: Kerstin Zander with Adam Drucker and Riccardo Scarpa
PublicationsPeer-reviewed papersZander, K.K., Drucker, A.G. and Holm-Müller, K. (in press). Costing the Conservation of Animal Genetic Resources: The Case of Borana Cattle in Ethiopia and Kenya. Journal of Arid Environments 73(4-5), 550-556. doi:10.1016/j.jaridenv.2008.11.003. Zander, K.K., Drucker, A.G., Holm-Müller, K. and Simianer, H. (in press). Choosing the “cargo” for Noah’s Ark - applying the Metrick-Weitzman theorem to Borana cattle. Ecological Economics, doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.01.011. Garnett, S.T., Crowley, G.M., Hunter-Xenie, H.M., Kozanayi, W., Sithole, B., Palmer, C., Southgate, R. and Zander, K.K.. (in press). “In the right hands: paying community researchers as an exercise in transformative knowledge transfer. Biotropica Zander, K. K., A. G. Drucker, et al. 2009. "Costing the conservation of animal genetic resources: The case of Borana cattle in Ethiopia and Kenya." Journal of Arid Environments 73(4-5): 550-556. Zander, K.K., Drucker, A.G. 2008. Conserving what's important: Using choice model scenarios to value local cattle breeds in East Africa. Ecological Economics 68 (1-2): 34-45.
Omondi, I., Baltenweck, I., Drucker, A.G., Obare, G. and Zander, K.K. 2008. Valuing Goat Genetic Resources: A Pro-poor Growth Strategy in the Kenyan Semi-arid Tropics. Tropical Animal Health and Production DOI: 10.1007/s11250-008-9137-2 Omondi, I., Baltenweck, I., Drucker, A., Obare, G. and Zander, K.K. 2008. Economic Valuation of Sheep Genetic Resources: Implications for Sustainable Utilization in the Kenyan Semi-arid Tropics. Tropical Animal Health and Production DOI: 10.1007/s11250-008-9140-7 Gandini, G., Drucker, A.G. Giacomelli, P. and Zander, K.K. Conserving diversity through the economic assessment and capture of cultural values: the case of the Italian Valdostana Castana cattle breed. Submitted to Ecological Economics. Zander, K.K., Drucker, A.G., Holm-Müller, K. and Simianer, H. (in press). Choosing the “cargo” for Noah’s Ark - applying the Metrick-Weitzman theorem to Borana cattle. Submitted to Conservation Biology. Zander, K.K. and Drucker, A.G. Costing the Conservation of Animal Genetic Resources: The Case of Borana Cattle in Ethiopia and Kenya. Submitted to Journal of Arid Environments.
BooksBook chaptersZander, K. and Holm-Mueller, K., 2007. Valuing farm animal genetic resources by using a choice ranking method, In: Meyerhoff, J., Lienhoop, N. and Elsasser, P. (Eds.), Stated Preference Methods for Environmental Valuation: Applications from Austria and Germany. Metropolis, Marburg, Germany.
OtherDiscussion PapersZander, K. and Mburu, J. 2004. "Compensating Pastoralists for Conserving Animal Genetic Resources: The Case of Borana Cattle in Ethiopia." Presented at "The Commons in an Age of Global Transition: Challenges, Risks and Opportunities," the Tenth Conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property, Oaxaca, Mexico, August 9-13. Zander, K., Drucker, A.G., Holm-Mueller, K. and Mburu, J., 2005. Costs of and Constraints to Conserving Animal Genetic Resources: The Case of Borana Cattle in Ethiopia, Paper presented at the annual European Summer School in Resource and Environmental Economics (Topic: Welfare Measurement and Cost Benefit Analysis in Dynamic General Equilibrium), July, 3-9, 2005, Venice, Italy.
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