Determinants of farm households’ willingness to accept (WTA) compensation for conservation technologies in Northern Ghana

Ahiale, E. D., Balcombe, K. and Srinivasan, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2537-7675 (2020) Determinants of farm households’ willingness to accept (WTA) compensation for conservation technologies in Northern Ghana. Bio-based and Applied Economics, 8 (2). pp. 211-234. ISSN 2280-6180 doi: 10.13128/bae-8931

Abstract/Summary

This paper examines the determinants of farmers’ willingness-to-accept (WTA) in a hypothetical payment scheme for the adoption of stone and soil bunds in northern Ghana using contingent valuation data from 305 farm households. Bayesian estimation of the interval-data regression model is employed to obtain farmers’ WTA and its determinants. Besides farmer and household characteristics, farm characteristics and socioeconomic and institutional variables such as soil fertility and previous participation in conservation projects increase and decrease willingness-to-accept respectively. The results suggest that costs of soil and water conservation payment schemes may be significantly decreased by careful targeting of households more ready to accept compensation.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-pure-test.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/91256
Identification Number/DOI	10.13128/bae-8931
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Life Sciences > School of Agriculture, Policy and Development > Department of Agri-Food Economics & Marketing Central Services
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