Search Results - "willingness to pay"

Do farmers pay for climate-resilient technology? Evidence from bidding experiments in eastern India by Varkey, Lisa Mariam, Chellattan Veettil, Prakashan, Patil, Vikram

“…The results indicate that the demand for STRVs is highly elastic and is in line with reported market behavior. Willingness to pay (WTP) estimates for initial and latent buyers are coinciding, we find evidence of strategic underbidding by latent buyers in the experiment. …”
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CGIAR Seed Equal Initiative-TASAI workshop organized on measuring inclusive access to quality seed by Puskur, Ranjitha, Yila, Jummai

“…At the end of the workshop, the participants assessed the set of indicators and proposed additional indicators to include affordability, willingness to pay for improved seed, access to finance/credit, access to land for planting, degree of engagement in community groups, proximity to agro-dealer or seed seller, and proximity to or access to a model farmer. …”
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Consumer acceptance of biofortified iron beans in rural Rwanda: Experimental Evidence by Oparinde, Adewale, Birol, Ekin, Murekezi, Abdoul, Katsvairo, Lister, Diressie, Michael Tedla, Nkundimana, Jean d'Amour, Butare, Louis

“…This paper examines consumer acceptance and willingness to pay (WTP) for two iron bean varieties in Rwanda: red iron bean (RIB) and white iron bean (WIB). …”
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Development of Guidelines for the Area-based Yield (ARBY) index insurance for rice by Raviz, Jeny, Gutierrez, Mary Anne, Laborte, Alice

“…An insurance dry run was conducted in six municipalities in the Philippines during the 2023-2024 dry season including an assessment of farmers’ willingness to pay for crop insurance. The results of the simulation were presented to partners and stakeholders in this workshop. …”
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Inclusive agricultural insurance for sustainable wheat intensification as a pathway to smallholder resilience in Ethiopia by Ebrahim, Mohammed

“…The research will also evaluate the risk-reducing effects of SI, estimate SI-sensitive premiums, and assess adoption drivers and farmers’ willingness to pay to ensure alignment with smallholders’ needs. …”
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Preferences for Bundled Index-Based Livestock Insurance: Evidence From Northern Kenya by Shikuku, Kelvin Mashisia, Ochenje, Ibrahim, Osiemo, Jamleck, Banerjee, Rupsha R., DuttaGupta, Tanaya, Khalai, Duncan

“…We measured relative willingness to pay (WTP) as the maximum amount of money that an individual is willing to pay to switch from one bundle to another. …”
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Evaluating contingent and actual contributions to a local public good: Tsetse control in the Yale agro-pastoral zone, Burkina Faso by Kamuanga, M., Swallow, B.M., Sigue, H., Bauer, B.

“…Contingent valuation (CV) techniques were used to generate estimates of farmers' willingness to pay for tsetse control in money, labour, or both forms of payment. …”
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Relevance of Payments for Environmental Services (PES) for watershed management in northern Laos by Mousques, C., Sengsoulychanh, P., Sengtaheuanghoung, Oloth, Latchackack, K., Ribolzi, Olivier, Pierret, Alain

“…We found that the PES concept, with some adaptations, may offer interesting avenues as a means to maintain water quality through an improved control of soil erosion in the upper catchment: Willingness-To-Pay (WTP) within the sampled population was approx. …”
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Participatory Valuation of Ecosystem Services: A Case Study by Kiktenko, Ludmilla, Zhumagazina, Balzhan, Zhakenova, Saltanat, Nangia, Vinay, Dessalegn, Bezaiet

“…Contingent Valuation (CV) is a common approach used to establish stakeholders’ stated preference by assessing their willingness to pay (WTP) or willingness to accept (WTA) monetary compensation for forgone services. …”
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Valoración económica del agua potable en la cuenca del río Endemedio; Santa Cruz, Guanacaste, Costa Rica by Merayo Calderón, O.

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Estimating the economic value of climate services for strengthening resilience of smallholder farmers to climate risks in Ethiopia: A choice experiment approach by Tesfaye, Abonesh, Hansen, James, Kassie, Girma T., Radeny, Maren A.O., Solomon, Dawit

“…A generalized multinomial logit (G-MNL) model was used to estimate preferred attributes of climate services and willingness-to-pay (WTP) values. The results show that the preferred bundle of improved climate services among smallholder farmers was one that could be communicated in short text message system, provided along with credit facility, and market information and one that favors participatory decision making by smallholders. …”
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Consumer knowledge and attitude towards orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) puree bread in Kenya by Wanjuu, C., Bocher, T., Abong, G.O., Low, Jan W., Mbogo, D., Heck, S., Muzhingi, T.

“…There was a significant relationship between consumer demographics and willingness to pay for OFSP puree bread.…”
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Consumer valuation of improved rice parboiling technologies in Benin by Demont, M., Zossou, E., Rutsaert, Pieter, Ndour, M., Mele, P. van, Verbeke, W.

“…We conducted Vickrey second price auctions to elicit rural Beninese consumers' willingness to pay for rice obtained through the new parboiler and two locally innovated parboilers. …”
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Understanding farmers’ preference for traits of chickens in rural Ethiopia by Terfa, Zelalem G., Garikipati, S., Kassie, Girma T., Dessie, Tadelle, Christley, R.M.

“…Economic values of traits of chickens were estimated using the utility in willingness‐to‐pay (WTP) space approach, based on G‐MNL model formulation. …”
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Measurement of intra-household resource control: Exploring the validity of experimental measures by Ambler, Kate, Jones, Kelly M., Recalde, Maria P.

“…We implement two incentivized tasks; (1) a game that measures willingness to pay to control resources, and (2) private and joint dictator games that measure preferences for resource allocation and the extent to which those preferences are reflected in joint decisions. …”
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Can information help reduce imbalanced application of fertilizers in India? Experimental evidence from Bihar by Fishman, Ram, Kishore, Avinash, Rothler, Yoav, Ward, Patrick S., Jha, Shankar, Singh, R.K. P.

“…We found no evidence of any impact of soil testing and customized fertilizer recommendations on actual fertilizer use or the willingness to pay for lacking nutrients (elicited using aBecker-DeGroot-Marschak mechanism). …”
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Weather Risk: How does it change the yield benefits of nitrogen fertilizer and improved maize varieties in sub-Saharan Africa? by Hurley, Terrance, Koo, Jawoo, Tesfaye, Kindei

“…The research also contributes to the literature a methodology for calculating willingness to pay bounds that assess the importance of farmers’ risk tolerances as a barrier to fertilizer use or improved seed variety adoption.…”
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Willingness of West African consumers to buy food produced using black soldier fly larvae and frass by Traore, O., Zaato, P.A., Baidoo, J.K., Feleke, S., Manyong, V., Abdoulaye, T., Djouaka, R., Schreinemachers, P., Ba, M.N.

“…In contrast, neighborhood status, income, and household size are inversely related to the respondents’ willingness to pay for and consume these products. Our findings are, therefore, important to scaling up BSF technologies in the region.…”
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What is the value of sustainably-produced rice? Consumer evidence from experimental auctions in Vietnam by My, Nguyen H.D., Demont, Matty, Van Loo, Ellen J., de Guia, Annalyn, Rutsaert, Pieter, Tuan, Tran Huu, Verbeke, Wim

“…This study tests the feasibility of a market-based incentive mechanism by eliciting consumers’ willingness-to-pay (WTP) for rice produced and labeled under a national sustainable production standard in the South of Vietnam through experimental auctions. …”
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Small farmers’ preferences for weather index insurance: insights from Kenya by Sibiko, Kenneth W., Veettil, Prakashan C., Qaim, Matin

“…Regular provision of relevant rainfall measurements and thresholds would significantly increase farmers’ willingness to pay for WII. Mechanisms to reduce basis risk are also positively valued by farmers, although not to the same extent as higher levels of transparency. …”
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