relation: http://oar.icrisat.org/11568/
title: Irrigators’ willingness to pay for the adoption of soil moisture monitoring tools in South-Eastern Africa
creator: Abebe, F
creator: Zuo, A
creator: Ann Wheeler, S
creator: Bjornlund, H
creator: van Rooyen, A
creator: Pittock, J
creator: Mdemu, M
creator: Chilundo, M
subject: Tanzania
subject: Irrigation
subject: Soil Science
subject: Zimbabwe
subject: Mozambique
description: Contingent valuation is used to elicit irrigators’ willingness to pay for soil moisture tools in irrigation schemes in Africa, with various  econometric methods employed to mitigate potential bias. Key  results include that there is a neighbourhood effect influencing adoption, and that being located downstream and spending more on irrigation water positively and statistically significantly influenced  willingness to pay for tools. The result suggests that  although focusing on economic incentives and promoting farmer learning by those using the tools may promote greater adoption, there is likely to still be a need for co-investment by other bodies.
publisher: Routledge
date: 2020-06
type: Article
type: PeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
language: en
identifier: http://oar.icrisat.org/11568/1/07900627.2020.pdf
identifier:   Abebe, F and Zuo, A and Ann Wheeler, S and Bjornlund, H and van Rooyen, A and Pittock, J and Mdemu, M and Chilundo, M  (2020) Irrigators’ willingness to pay for the adoption of soil moisture monitoring tools in South-Eastern Africa.  International Journal of Water Resources Development (TSI).  pp. 1-22.  ISSN 0790-0627     
relation: https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2020.1755956
relation: doi:10.1080/07900627.2020.1755956