Economic valuation of ecosystem services from small-scale agricultural management interventions in Burkina Faso: a discrete choice experiment approach

The main purpose of this paper is to estimate farmers’ preferences and their willingness to pay (WTP) for ecosystem services derived from four agricultural water management (AWM) and resource recovery and reuse (RRR) intervention options in Burkina Faso, using a choice experiment (CE). These include...

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Autores principales: Houessionon, Prosper, Fonta, William M., Bossa, A.Y., Sanfo, S., Thiombiano, N., Zahonogo, P., Yameogo, T.B., Balana, Bedru
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/91315
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author Houessionon, Prosper
Fonta, William M.
Bossa, A.Y.
Sanfo, S.
Thiombiano, N.
Zahonogo, P.
Yameogo, T.B.
Balana, Bedru
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Bossa, A.Y.
Fonta, William M.
Houessionon, Prosper
Sanfo, S.
Thiombiano, N.
Yameogo, T.B.
Zahonogo, P.
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Fonta, William M.
Bossa, A.Y.
Sanfo, S.
Thiombiano, N.
Zahonogo, P.
Yameogo, T.B.
Balana, Bedru
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description The main purpose of this paper is to estimate farmers’ preferences and their willingness to pay (WTP) for ecosystem services derived from four agricultural water management (AWM) and resource recovery and reuse (RRR) intervention options in Burkina Faso, using a choice experiment (CE). These include; small water infrastructure, drip irrigation, recovery of organic matter from waste, and treated wastewater. The design decisions relating to attribute selection, the level of attributes, alternatives and choice tasks were guided by literature, field visits, focus group discussions, expert input and an iterative process of the STATA software to generate an orthogonal main-effects CE design. The data used was generated from a random sample of 300 farm households in the Dano and Ouagadougou municipalities in Burkina Faso. Results from conditional logit, latent class logit and mixt logit models show that farmers have positive and significant preferences for drip irrigation, treated wastewater, and organic matter. However, they are WTP on average more for drip irrigation and organic matter for agricultural sustainability. In line with economic theory, the cost of an intervention reduces demand for a given intervention. These findings can provide policy makers with evidence for agricultural policy design to build farmers’ resilience in the Sahel.
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spelling CGSpace913152025-03-18T19:50:23Z Economic valuation of ecosystem services from small-scale agricultural management interventions in Burkina Faso: a discrete choice experiment approach Houessionon, Prosper Fonta, William M. Bossa, A.Y. Sanfo, S. Thiombiano, N. Zahonogo, P. Yameogo, T.B. Balana, Bedru ecosystem services economic value sustainable agriculture small scale farming water management resource recovery wastewater water reuse drip irrigation organic matter climate change farmers attitudes willingness to pay estimation models welfare The main purpose of this paper is to estimate farmers’ preferences and their willingness to pay (WTP) for ecosystem services derived from four agricultural water management (AWM) and resource recovery and reuse (RRR) intervention options in Burkina Faso, using a choice experiment (CE). These include; small water infrastructure, drip irrigation, recovery of organic matter from waste, and treated wastewater. The design decisions relating to attribute selection, the level of attributes, alternatives and choice tasks were guided by literature, field visits, focus group discussions, expert input and an iterative process of the STATA software to generate an orthogonal main-effects CE design. The data used was generated from a random sample of 300 farm households in the Dano and Ouagadougou municipalities in Burkina Faso. Results from conditional logit, latent class logit and mixt logit models show that farmers have positive and significant preferences for drip irrigation, treated wastewater, and organic matter. However, they are WTP on average more for drip irrigation and organic matter for agricultural sustainability. In line with economic theory, the cost of an intervention reduces demand for a given intervention. These findings can provide policy makers with evidence for agricultural policy design to build farmers’ resilience in the Sahel. 2017 2018-03-07T10:16:35Z 2018-03-07T10:16:35Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/91315 en Open Access MDPI Houessionon, P.; Fonta, W. M.; Bossa, A. Y.; Sanfo, S.; Thiombiano, N.; Zahonogo, P.; Yameogo, T. B.; Balana, Bedru. 2017. Economic valuation of ecosystem services from small-scale agricultural management interventions in Burkina Faso: a discrete choice experiment approach. Sustainability. 9(9):1-16.. http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/9/9/1672/pdf. 10.3390/su9091672
spellingShingle ecosystem services
economic value
sustainable agriculture
small scale farming
water management
resource recovery
wastewater
water reuse
drip irrigation
organic matter
climate change
farmers attitudes
willingness to pay
estimation
models
welfare
Houessionon, Prosper
Fonta, William M.
Bossa, A.Y.
Sanfo, S.
Thiombiano, N.
Zahonogo, P.
Yameogo, T.B.
Balana, Bedru
Economic valuation of ecosystem services from small-scale agricultural management interventions in Burkina Faso: a discrete choice experiment approach
title Economic valuation of ecosystem services from small-scale agricultural management interventions in Burkina Faso: a discrete choice experiment approach
title_full Economic valuation of ecosystem services from small-scale agricultural management interventions in Burkina Faso: a discrete choice experiment approach
title_fullStr Economic valuation of ecosystem services from small-scale agricultural management interventions in Burkina Faso: a discrete choice experiment approach
title_full_unstemmed Economic valuation of ecosystem services from small-scale agricultural management interventions in Burkina Faso: a discrete choice experiment approach
title_short Economic valuation of ecosystem services from small-scale agricultural management interventions in Burkina Faso: a discrete choice experiment approach
title_sort economic valuation of ecosystem services from small scale agricultural management interventions in burkina faso a discrete choice experiment approach
topic ecosystem services
economic value
sustainable agriculture
small scale farming
water management
resource recovery
wastewater
water reuse
drip irrigation
organic matter
climate change
farmers attitudes
willingness to pay
estimation
models
welfare
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/91315
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