eprintid: 11568
rev_number: 14
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datestamp: 2020-08-24 09:28:53
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creators_name: Abebe, F
creators_name: Zuo, A
creators_name: Ann Wheeler, S
creators_name: Bjornlund, H
creators_name: van Rooyen, A
creators_name: Pittock, J
creators_name: Mdemu, M
creators_name: Chilundo, M
icrisatcreators_name: Van Rooyen, A
affiliation: Centre for Global Food and Resources, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
affiliation: School of Commerce, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
affiliation: ICRISAT (Bulawayo)
affiliation: Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
affiliation: School of Spatial Planning and Social Sciences, Ardhi University Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
affiliation: Faculty of Agronomy and Forestry Engineering, Department of Rural Engineering Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo
country: Australia
country: Zimbabwe
country: Tanzania
country: Mozambique
title: Irrigators’ willingness to pay for the adoption of soil moisture monitoring tools in South-Eastern Africa
ispublished: pub
subjects: T1
subjects: s17
subjects: s2.11
subjects: s53
subjects: s63
divisions: CRPS5
full_text_status: public
keywords: Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Irrigation, Contingent, Valuation
method; hypothetical bias
note: The Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research financed this research through the
Transforming Irrigation in Southern Africa (TISA) projects FSC/2013/006 and LWR/2016/137. We also
thank all TISA project team members from Australia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Mozambique for
collecting the survey data and other contributions. Constructive comments from two anonymous
reviewers are also gratefully acknowledged.
abstract: 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.
date: 2020-06
date_type: published
publication: International Journal of Water Resources Development (TSI)
publisher: Routledge
pagerange: 1-22
id_number: doi:10.1080/07900627.2020.1755956
refereed: TRUE
issn: 0790-0627
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2020.1755956
related_url_url: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=10.1080%2F07900627.2020.1755956&btnG=
funders: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
funders: Australian Research Council
citation:   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     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/11568/1/07900627.2020.pdf