Farmers’ willingness to pay for alternative resource management practices in the Bale Eco-Region, Ethiopia: an application of choice experiment
The purpose of this study is to investigate the preferences of people in the Bale Eco-Region (BER) for better ecosystem services and to calculate their mean Willingness to Pay (WTP) for selected attributes of conservation practices to maintain watershed's ecosystem functions, using a choice modeling...
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| author | Kefale, T. Hagos, Fitsum Rooijen, Daniel van Haileslassie, Amare |
| author_browse | Hagos, Fitsum Haileslassie, Amare Kefale, T. Rooijen, Daniel van |
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| description | The purpose of this study is to investigate the preferences of people in the Bale Eco-Region (BER) for better ecosystem services and to calculate their mean Willingness to Pay (WTP) for selected attributes of conservation practices to maintain watershed's ecosystem functions, using a choice modeling approach. Results from reforestation attributes revealed that the average WTP for reforestation characteristics were 3,053 ($145.38), 2,516 ($119.83), and 1,827 ($87) Ethiopian Birr (ETB)/year for higher, medium, and low impact improvement scenarios respectively, to midland communities. Lowland respondents' mean WTP for exclosure attributes were estimated at 882 ($42), 1,558 ($74.19), and 2,383 ($113) ETB yearly for low, medium, and high impact improvement scenarios respectively. This indicates that respondents from both lowland and midland communities are willing to spend a substantial amount of resource and time (measured in terms of money) on to improve ES in the BER. The study provides valuable input to carry out a cost-benefit analysis of possible interventions conserving natural resources in the BER. Moreover, using this study was an important step for initiating the process of Payment for Ecosystem Services in the BER where local communities, in Ethiopia and beyond could contribute to rehabilitating Ecosystem Services. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1157552024-01-17T12:58:34Z Farmers’ willingness to pay for alternative resource management practices in the Bale Eco-Region, Ethiopia: an application of choice experiment Kefale, T. Hagos, Fitsum Rooijen, Daniel van Haileslassie, Amare farmers willingness to pay resource management ecosystem services reforestation exclosures socioeconomic environment communities households The purpose of this study is to investigate the preferences of people in the Bale Eco-Region (BER) for better ecosystem services and to calculate their mean Willingness to Pay (WTP) for selected attributes of conservation practices to maintain watershed's ecosystem functions, using a choice modeling approach. Results from reforestation attributes revealed that the average WTP for reforestation characteristics were 3,053 ($145.38), 2,516 ($119.83), and 1,827 ($87) Ethiopian Birr (ETB)/year for higher, medium, and low impact improvement scenarios respectively, to midland communities. Lowland respondents' mean WTP for exclosure attributes were estimated at 882 ($42), 1,558 ($74.19), and 2,383 ($113) ETB yearly for low, medium, and high impact improvement scenarios respectively. This indicates that respondents from both lowland and midland communities are willing to spend a substantial amount of resource and time (measured in terms of money) on to improve ES in the BER. The study provides valuable input to carry out a cost-benefit analysis of possible interventions conserving natural resources in the BER. Moreover, using this study was an important step for initiating the process of Payment for Ecosystem Services in the BER where local communities, in Ethiopia and beyond could contribute to rehabilitating Ecosystem Services. 2021-10 2021-10-31T20:20:24Z 2021-10-31T20:20:24Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115755 en Open Access Elsevier Kefale, T.; Hagos, Fitsum; van Rooijen, Daniel; Haileslassie, Amare. 2021. Farmers’ willingness to pay for alternative resource management practices in the Bale Eco-Region, Ethiopia: an application of choice experiment. Heliyon, 7(10):E08159. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e08159] |
| spellingShingle | farmers willingness to pay resource management ecosystem services reforestation exclosures socioeconomic environment communities households Kefale, T. Hagos, Fitsum Rooijen, Daniel van Haileslassie, Amare Farmers’ willingness to pay for alternative resource management practices in the Bale Eco-Region, Ethiopia: an application of choice experiment |
| title | Farmers’ willingness to pay for alternative resource management practices in the Bale Eco-Region, Ethiopia: an application of choice experiment |
| title_full | Farmers’ willingness to pay for alternative resource management practices in the Bale Eco-Region, Ethiopia: an application of choice experiment |
| title_fullStr | Farmers’ willingness to pay for alternative resource management practices in the Bale Eco-Region, Ethiopia: an application of choice experiment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Farmers’ willingness to pay for alternative resource management practices in the Bale Eco-Region, Ethiopia: an application of choice experiment |
| title_short | Farmers’ willingness to pay for alternative resource management practices in the Bale Eco-Region, Ethiopia: an application of choice experiment |
| title_sort | farmers willingness to pay for alternative resource management practices in the bale eco region ethiopia an application of choice experiment |
| topic | farmers willingness to pay resource management ecosystem services reforestation exclosures socioeconomic environment communities households |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115755 |
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