• Lehrstuhl für Wirtschaftslehre des Landbaus der TU München (Prof. Dr. A. Heißenhuber)
• Dr. Carsten Werner u. Dr. Daniel Mörlein, Lehrstuhl für Produktkunde - Qualität tierischer Erzeugnisse

A large number of European breeds are threatened with extinction because of their lack of economic competitiveness. Inadequate attention is paid to the potential of endangered breeds (Scherf 2000). Agricultural diversity is essential to satisfy basic human needs for food and livelihood security and is managed by farmers. Much of agricultural biodiversity depends on human socieal aspects, such as culture and indigenous knowledge.
To keep the old breeds in the evolutionary process, it is important to integrate them in national or regional economic cycles. Main aim of the project is to determine under which conditions the husbandry of endangered breeds is possible. Therefore, farms with old breeds and literature will be analysed. The results will be presented in form of hierarchically listed influencing factors, for example, cultural-historical relationship with a region. These factors and a cost-benefit analysis will lead to a decision support system that can assist farmers, advisers and politicians in analysing which conditions could be favourable for saving endangered breeds.