Irrigators’ willingness to pay for the adoption of soil moisture monitoring tools in South-Eastern Africa

    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

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    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.

    Item Type: Article
    Divisions: Research Program : East & Southern Africa
    CRP: UNSPECIFIED
    Uncontrolled Keywords: Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Irrigation, Contingent, Valuation method; hypothetical bias
    Subjects: Others > Tanzania
    Others > Irrigation
    Others > Soil Science
    Others > Zimbabwe
    Others > Mozambique
    Depositing User: Mr Arun S
    Date Deposited: 24 Aug 2020 09:28
    Last Modified: 24 Aug 2020 09:28
    URI: http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/11568
    Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2020.1755956
    Projects: UNSPECIFIED
    Funders: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, Australian Research Council
    Acknowledgement: 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.
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