Dr Kerstin Zander
Research Fellow - Economic modelling
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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 papersAhmed, N., Luong-Van, J., Zander, K.K., Austin, C.M. and Garnett, S.T. (forthcoming) Socioeconomic aspects of rice-fish culture development in Bangladesh: opportunities and challenges. The Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. Petheram, L., Zander, K.K., Campbell, B., High, D. and Stacey, N. (in press) ‘Strange changes’: Indigenous perspectives of climate change and adaptation in NE Arnhem Land (Australia). Global Environmental Change. Zander, K.K. and Straton, A. (2010) An economic assessment of the value of tropical river ecosystem services: Heterogeneous preferences among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians. Ecological Economics, doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2010.07.010. Zander, K.K., Garnett, S.T. and Straton, A. (2010) Trade-Offs Between Development, Culture And Conservation – Willingness To Pay For Tropical River Management Among Urban Australians. Journal of Environmental Management, doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.07.012. Faustin, V., Adégbidi, A.A., Garnett, S.T., Koudandé, D.O., Agbo, V. and Zander, K.K. (2010) Peace, health or fortune?: Preferences for chicken traits in rural Benin. Ecological Economics 69(9), 1849-1858. Carson, D., Coe, K., Zander, K., and Garnett, S. T. (2010) Does the type of job matter? Recruitment to Australia's Northern Territory. Employee Relations 32(2), 121-137. Zander, K.K., Drucker, A.G. and Holm-Müller, K. (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., Holm-Müller, K. and Simianer, H. (2009) Choosing the “cargo” for Noah’s Ark - applying the Metrick-Weitzman theorem to Borana cattle. Ecological Economics 68, 2051-2057. Garnett, S.T., Crowley, G.M., Hunter-Xenie, H.M., Kozanayi, W., Sithole, B., Palmer, C., Southgate, R. and Zander, K.K. (2009) Transformative Knowledge Transfer Through Empowering and Paying Community Researchers. Biotropica 41(5), 571-577. Zander, K.K. and Drucker, A.G. (2008) Conserving what’s important: using choice model scenarios to value local cattle breeds in East Africa. Ecological Economics 68, 34-45. Omondi, I., Baltenweck, I., Drucker, A.G., 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 40(8), 615-626. Omondi, I., Baltenweck, I., Drucker, A., 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 40(8), 583-596.
Wale, E., Drucker, A.G.. and Zander, K.K. (Eds.) (in press). The economics of managing crop diversity on-farm: case studies from the Genetic Resources Policy Initiative (GRPI) project. Earthscan, UK. Garnett, S. T., Coe, K., Golebiowska, K., Walsh, H., Zander, K.K., Guthridge, S., Li, S. and Malyon, R. (2008) Attracting and Keeping Nursing Professionals in an Environment of Chronic Labour Shortage: A Study of Mobility among Nurses and Midwives in the Northern Territory of Australia. Charles Darwin University Press, Darwin. Asrat, S. and Zander, K.K. (in press) Economic Analysis of Ethiopian Farmers' Preferences for Crop Variety Traits: A Choice Experiment Approach. In: The economics of managing crop diversity on-farm: linking conservation with rural livelihoods. Wale, E., Drucker, A.G. and Zander, K.K. (Eds), Earthscan, UK. Wale, E., Zander, K.K. and Drucker, A.G. (in press) Chapter 7. Findings, conclusions, implications and outlook. In: The economics of managing crop diversity on-farm: linking conservation with rural livelihoods. Wale, E., Drucker, A.G. and Zander, K.K. (Eds), Earthscan, UK. Zander, K. and Holm-Mueller, K. (2007) Valuing farm animal genetic resources by using a choice ranking method. In: Stated Preference Methods for Environmental Valuation: Applications from Austria and Germany. Meyerhoff, J., Lienhoop, N. and Elsasser, P. (Eds.), Metropolis, Marburg, Germany.
Zander, K.K. (2010) Indigenous Knowledge and Values in Australia's Tropical River and Wetland Systems. Paper to be presented at the 11th biennial conference of the International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE), Bremen, Germany, 22-25 August 2010. Madzimure, J., Chimonyo, M., Dzama, K. and Zander, K. (2010) Breeding practices of indigenous pig genetic resources in communal production system of South Africa. Paper to be presented at the 9th World Congress on Genetics applied to Livestock Production (WCGALP), Leipzig, Germany, 1-6 August 2010. Markemann, A., Zander, K., Siegmund-Schultze, M., Stemmer, A., Roessler, R., Herold, P. and Valle Zárate, A. (2010) Towards a Sustainable Breeding Goal for Llamas in Bolivia: WTP Estimates for Selection Traits. Paper to be presented at the 9th World Congress on Genetics applied to Livestock Production (WCGALP), Leipzig, Germany, 1-6 August 2010. Zander, K. (2009) Potential Economic Methods for Valuing Environmental Services. Proceedings of the national conference “Linkages of Forest Protection, Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction - Issues and Approaches in Vietnam”, Hanoi, Vietnam, 4-6 March 2009. Garnett, S.T., Altmann, J., Ansell, S., Cooke, P., Drucker, A., Hamilton, R., McMahon, C. and Zander, K.K. (2008) Feral animals, climate change and Indigenous employment in the NT. Proceedings of the 14th Australasian Vertebrate Pest Conference Darwin, 10-13 June 2008. Drucker, A.D., Edwards, G., Saalfield, K. and Zander, K.K. (2008) Economics of feral animal control in the NT. Paper presented at the 14th Australasian Vertebrate Pest Conference Darwin, 10-13 June 2008. Omondi, I.A., Juma, G., Baltenweck, I. Drucker, A. Obare, G., Ngigi, M. and Zander, K.K. 2007. Linking the Consumer to the producer: Achieving full benefits of small ruminant genetic resources from Indigenous sheep. Proceedings of the 2nd Egerton University Research International Conference, 16-20 July 2007. Zander, K., Drucker, A.G., Holm-Mueller, K. and Mburu, J. (2005) Assessing the value of animal genetic resources as justification for conservation initiatives - the case of the Borana cattle in East Africa. Paper presented at the 19th annual meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology (SCB), Brasilia, Brazil, 15-19 July 2005. Zander, K., Drucker, A.G., Holm-Mueller, K. and Mburu, J. (2005) Modelling the value of local cattle breeds. Paper presented at the 6th International Conference of the European Society for Ecological Economics, Lisbon, Portugal, 14-17 June 2005. Zander, K. and Mburu, J. (2004) Compensating Pastoralists for Conserving Animal Genetic Resources: The Case of Borana Cattle in Ethiopia. Paper presented at 10th biennial conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property (IASCP), 9-13 August 2004, Oaxaca, Mexico. Zander, K. and Virchow, D. (2003) Economic Valuation of Unique Characteristics of Indigenous Cattle Breeds: A conceptual Framework. Paper presented at 11th annual conference of the Ethiopian Society of Animal Production (ESAP), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 28-30 August 2003. Straton, A. and Zander, K. (2009) The value of Australia’s tropical ecosystem services. Charles Darwin University, Darwin. Drucker, A.G., Zander, K.K. and Ainsworth, G. (2008) Landscape design for maintaining ecosystem services in tropical agricultural landscapes. Economics Component Report, School for Environmental Research, Charles Darwin University, Australia.
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