eprintid: 9935
rev_number: 10
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datestamp: 2017-03-31 10:37:59
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type: article
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contact_email: Library-ICRISAT@CGIAR.ORG
creators_name: Kpadé, C P
creators_name: Mensah, E R
creators_name: Fok, M
creators_name: Ndjeunga, J
icrisatcreators_name: Mensah, E R
icrisatcreators_name: Ndjeunga, J
affiliation: University of Agriculture of Kétou (Kétou)
affiliation: ICRISAT (Niamey)
affiliation: International Center of Agricultural Research for Development (CIRAD, UPR AIDA) (Montpellier)
country: Benin
country: Niger
country: France
title: Cotton farmers’ willingness to pay for pest management services in northern Benin
ispublished: pub
subjects: s2.7
divisions: CRPS1
full_text_status: restricted
keywords: Benin; Cotton farmers; Pesticides; Targeted staggered control; Willingness to pay; Pest Management
abstract: This study was carried out to assess cotton farmers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for pest management services in northern Benin. Targeted staggered control (TSC) has been introduced to reduce pesticide use in cotton cropping and generate an estimated benefit of FCFA48,800 (€74.40) per cotton hectare accruing from increased productivity and reduced pesticide cost. However, TSC application requires extra time for pest identification and scouting, and its adoption remains low due to the lack of funding to boost farmers’ awareness and cover training costs. An interval regression model was used to analyze responses to a double-bounded contingent valuation survey with data collected from 300 cotton farmers. The results showed that 87.3% of cotton farmers were willing to pay for TSC services. Annual WTP per cotton hectare was estimated at FCFA16,962 (€25.80), revealing an existing demand for TSC adoption. Respondents' WTP was driven by farm and socio-economic characteristics. Financial mechanisms managed by farmers could thus potentially foster technology adoption, and in turn, generate economic and environmental benefits.
date: 2017
date_type: published
publication: Agricultural Economics
volume: 48
number: 1
publisher: International Association of Agricultural Economists
pagerange: 105-114
id_number: 10.1111/agec.12298
refereed: TRUE
issn: 0169-5150
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/agec.12298
related_url_url: https://scholar.google.co.in/scholar?q=Cotton+farmers%27+willingness+to+pay+for+pest+management+services+in+northern+Benin&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5
related_url_type: pub
citation:   Kpadé, C P and Mensah, E R and Fok, M and Ndjeunga, J  (2017) Cotton farmers’ willingness to pay for pest management services in northern Benin.  Agricultural Economics, 48 (1).  pp. 105-114.  ISSN 0169-5150     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/9935/1/Kpad-_et_al-2017-Agricultural_Economics.pdf