Quantifying farmers’ preferences for cropping systems intensification: A choice experiment approach applied in coastal Bangladesh’s risk prone farming systems
Sustainable intensification (SI) is envisioned as an effective strategy for developing countries to increase farm productivity while reducing negative environmental and social externalities. The development of regionally appropriate SI options however requires accounting for the knowledge and prefer...
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| author | Aravindakshan, Sreejith Krupnik, Timothy J. Amjath-Babu, T.S. Speelman, Stijn Tur-Cardona, Juan Tittonell, Pablo Adrian Groot, Jeroen C.J. |
| author_browse | Amjath-Babu, T.S. Aravindakshan, Sreejith Groot, Jeroen C.J. Krupnik, Timothy J. Speelman, Stijn Tittonell, Pablo Adrian Tur-Cardona, Juan |
| author_facet | Aravindakshan, Sreejith Krupnik, Timothy J. Amjath-Babu, T.S. Speelman, Stijn Tur-Cardona, Juan Tittonell, Pablo Adrian Groot, Jeroen C.J. |
| author_sort | Aravindakshan, Sreejith |
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| description | Sustainable intensification (SI) is envisioned as an effective strategy for developing countries to increase farm productivity while reducing negative environmental and social externalities. The development of regionally appropriate SI options however requires accounting for the knowledge and preferences of key stakeholders. In Bangladesh, the Government has requested international donors to support the development of dry season rice expansion in the coastal region. Policies however tend to be made without adequate study of farmers’ preferences and ambitions; this can render crop intensification efforts ineffective. Understanding farmers’ preferences for alternative crops and crop management practices are therefore crucial for success where agricultural development investments aim at incorporating the principles of SI.
OBJECTIVE(S): Using coastal Bangladesh as a case study– we aim to (1) quantify farmers’ preferences for alternative irrigated crop and crop management options in comparison to the status quo (land fallowing), (2) analyze whether farmers’ preferences are conditioned by concerns regarding the cost and availability of irrigation and fertilizer inputs in comparison to expected net revenues, (3) understand how the heterogeneity in preferences can be attributed to farmer and/or farm characteristics, institutional, and biophysical factors, (4) determine how much farmers’ are willing to invest in different crops and crop management options – including
those reliant and not reliant on irrigation.
METHODS: Taking 300 farmers in two diverse coastal environments, a choice experiment (CE) was employed to explore the heterogeneity in farmers’ preferences for different dry “rabi” season intensification options (‘boro’ rice, maize, wheat and mungbean) against the status quo (dry season land fallowing after harvest of the monsoon season rice crop). Analyses included random parameter logit modeling followed by willingness-to-invest and profit simulations.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: Analyses revealed strong farmer preferences against rice and in favor of irrigated maize, and also in favor of rainfed or partially irrigated mungbean as an alternative to land fallowing. Irrespective of their location and environmental conditions, respondents had largely a negative preference for irrigation and fertilizer use due to high investment costs and associated production risks in the dry season. Nonetheless, a significant positive effect on their willingness-to-intensify cropping was observed where farmers felt it feasible to provide in-field drainage to limit waterlogging risks. |
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| spelling | INTA97322021-07-05T13:39:34Z Quantifying farmers’ preferences for cropping systems intensification: A choice experiment approach applied in coastal Bangladesh’s risk prone farming systems Aravindakshan, Sreejith Krupnik, Timothy J. Amjath-Babu, T.S. Speelman, Stijn Tur-Cardona, Juan Tittonell, Pablo Adrian Groot, Jeroen C.J. Sostenibilidad Agricultura Sostenible Agroecosistemas Desarrollo Económico y Social Desarrollo Sostenible Sistemas de Explotacion Sustainability Sustainable Agriculture Agroecosystems Socioeconomic Development Sustainable Development Farming Systems Bangladesh Sustainable intensification (SI) is envisioned as an effective strategy for developing countries to increase farm productivity while reducing negative environmental and social externalities. The development of regionally appropriate SI options however requires accounting for the knowledge and preferences of key stakeholders. In Bangladesh, the Government has requested international donors to support the development of dry season rice expansion in the coastal region. Policies however tend to be made without adequate study of farmers’ preferences and ambitions; this can render crop intensification efforts ineffective. Understanding farmers’ preferences for alternative crops and crop management practices are therefore crucial for success where agricultural development investments aim at incorporating the principles of SI. OBJECTIVE(S): Using coastal Bangladesh as a case study– we aim to (1) quantify farmers’ preferences for alternative irrigated crop and crop management options in comparison to the status quo (land fallowing), (2) analyze whether farmers’ preferences are conditioned by concerns regarding the cost and availability of irrigation and fertilizer inputs in comparison to expected net revenues, (3) understand how the heterogeneity in preferences can be attributed to farmer and/or farm characteristics, institutional, and biophysical factors, (4) determine how much farmers’ are willing to invest in different crops and crop management options – including those reliant and not reliant on irrigation. METHODS: Taking 300 farmers in two diverse coastal environments, a choice experiment (CE) was employed to explore the heterogeneity in farmers’ preferences for different dry “rabi” season intensification options (‘boro’ rice, maize, wheat and mungbean) against the status quo (dry season land fallowing after harvest of the monsoon season rice crop). Analyses included random parameter logit modeling followed by willingness-to-invest and profit simulations. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: Analyses revealed strong farmer preferences against rice and in favor of irrigated maize, and also in favor of rainfed or partially irrigated mungbean as an alternative to land fallowing. Irrespective of their location and environmental conditions, respondents had largely a negative preference for irrigation and fertilizer use due to high investment costs and associated production risks in the dry season. Nonetheless, a significant positive effect on their willingness-to-intensify cropping was observed where farmers felt it feasible to provide in-field drainage to limit waterlogging risks. Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche Fil: Aravindakshan, Sreejith. Wageningen University and Research. Farming Systems Ecology, ; Holanda Fil: Aravindakshan, Sreejith. International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT); Bangladesh Fil: Krupnik, Timothy J. International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT); Bangladesh Fil: Amjath-Babu, T.S. International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT); Bangladesh Fil: Speelman, Stijn. Ghent University. Department of Agricultural Economics; Bélgica Fil: Tur-Cardona, Juan. Ghent University. Department of Agricultural Economics; Bélgica Fil: Tittonell, Pablo Adrian. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Tittonell, Pablo Adrian. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Tittonell, Pablo Adrian. Groningen University. Groningen Institute of Evolutionary Life Sciences; Holanda Fil: Groot, Jeroen C.J. Wageningen University and Research. Farming Systems Ecology; Holanda Fil: Groot, Jeroen C.J. Bioversity International; Italia Fil: Groot, Jeroen C.J. International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT); Mexico 2021-07-05T13:30:08Z 2021-07-05T13:30:08Z 2021-04 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/9732 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308521X21000226 0308-521X https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103069 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Elsevier Agricultural Systems 189 : Art. 103069 (Abril 2021) |
| spellingShingle | Sostenibilidad Agricultura Sostenible Agroecosistemas Desarrollo Económico y Social Desarrollo Sostenible Sistemas de Explotacion Sustainability Sustainable Agriculture Agroecosystems Socioeconomic Development Sustainable Development Farming Systems Bangladesh Aravindakshan, Sreejith Krupnik, Timothy J. Amjath-Babu, T.S. Speelman, Stijn Tur-Cardona, Juan Tittonell, Pablo Adrian Groot, Jeroen C.J. Quantifying farmers’ preferences for cropping systems intensification: A choice experiment approach applied in coastal Bangladesh’s risk prone farming systems |
| title | Quantifying farmers’ preferences for cropping systems intensification: A choice experiment approach applied in coastal Bangladesh’s risk prone farming systems |
| title_full | Quantifying farmers’ preferences for cropping systems intensification: A choice experiment approach applied in coastal Bangladesh’s risk prone farming systems |
| title_fullStr | Quantifying farmers’ preferences for cropping systems intensification: A choice experiment approach applied in coastal Bangladesh’s risk prone farming systems |
| title_full_unstemmed | Quantifying farmers’ preferences for cropping systems intensification: A choice experiment approach applied in coastal Bangladesh’s risk prone farming systems |
| title_short | Quantifying farmers’ preferences for cropping systems intensification: A choice experiment approach applied in coastal Bangladesh’s risk prone farming systems |
| title_sort | quantifying farmers preferences for cropping systems intensification a choice experiment approach applied in coastal bangladesh s risk prone farming systems |
| topic | Sostenibilidad Agricultura Sostenible Agroecosistemas Desarrollo Económico y Social Desarrollo Sostenible Sistemas de Explotacion Sustainability Sustainable Agriculture Agroecosystems Socioeconomic Development Sustainable Development Farming Systems Bangladesh |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/9732 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308521X21000226 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103069 |
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