I don’t know the answer for sure, but I think this highlights one of the challenges to expanding the scope of AW efforts. It seems to me that corporate campaigns and the like can achieve their cost-effectiveness results because the bulk of the costs are borne by third parties, and we don’t much care about the balance sheets of Big Ag or even consumers in developed countries.
Things get considerably more complex when (1) we expect the bulk of the costs to be borne by people in developing countries, and/or (2) we have to bear those costs ourselves. I think unfortunately the answer to your specific question is that there’s little to no funding available for option (2).
I agree with you. Animal Welfare efforts expansion needs to take this into consideration especially in LMICs. What are the incentives for switching to a cage-free system?
I don’t know the answer for sure, but I think this highlights one of the challenges to expanding the scope of AW efforts. It seems to me that corporate campaigns and the like can achieve their cost-effectiveness results because the bulk of the costs are borne by third parties, and we don’t much care about the balance sheets of Big Ag or even consumers in developed countries.
Things get considerably more complex when (1) we expect the bulk of the costs to be borne by people in developing countries, and/or (2) we have to bear those costs ourselves. I think unfortunately the answer to your specific question is that there’s little to no funding available for option (2).
I agree with you. Animal Welfare efforts expansion needs to take this into consideration especially in LMICs. What are the incentives for switching to a cage-free system?