Smart precision agriculture but resource constrained farmers: Is service provision a potential solution? Farmer's willingness to pay for laser-land leveling services in Nepal

Farmers commonly split large, undulating crop fields, even those at similar elevation range or contour, into a patchwork of small sub-plots in plane areas of Nepal. Specifically, to ensure irrigation or rainwater throughout their cultivated rice or wheat growing areas, structures like bunds, dikes,...

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Autores: Paudel, G., Khanal, A.R., Rahut, D.B., Krupnik, T.J., Mcdonald, A.
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Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:México
Institución:Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo
Repositorio:Repositorio Institucional de Publicaciones Multimedia del CIMMYT
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Palabra clave:AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Precision Land Leveling
Service Provision
Demand Heterogeneity
Rice-Wheat Systems
LAND LEVELLING
WATER USE EFFICIENCY
WILLINGNESS TO PAY
CONTINGENT VALUATION
Sustainable Intensification
Sustainable Agrifood Systems
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spelling Smart precision agriculture but resource constrained farmers: Is service provision a potential solution? Farmer's willingness to pay for laser-land leveling services in NepalPaudel, G.Khanal, A.R.Rahut, D.B.Krupnik, T.J.Mcdonald, A.AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGYPrecision Land LevelingService ProvisionDemand HeterogeneityRice-Wheat SystemsLAND LEVELLINGWATER USE EFFICIENCYWILLINGNESS TO PAYCONTINGENT VALUATIONSustainable IntensificationSustainable Agrifood SystemsFarmers commonly split large, undulating crop fields, even those at similar elevation range or contour, into a patchwork of small sub-plots in plane areas of Nepal. Specifically, to ensure irrigation or rainwater throughout their cultivated rice or wheat growing areas, structures like bunds, dikes, and ditches are commonly built. These structures not only require significant labor hours to build but also incur loss of some portion of productive crop areas. Laser-land leveling (LLL) is one of the precision technologies that can prevent these area losses, save labor costs, and enhance water utilization. However, purchase of LLL system requires significant capital which could be beyond the access of low resource farmers. In this study, we examined the potential of LLL adoption in a form of service provision or fee-for-service basis among farmers in Nepal. Using an appropriate contingent valuation that maintains efficient estimation and consistent response, we found that Nepali farmers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for LLL services averages 1,550 Nepalese Rupees per hour. However, WTP is heterogeneous across farm size—top quantile farmers with relatively higher land acreages have 47% higher WTP for LLL than bottom quantile farmers. Additionally, our interval regression results show positive association of WTP with low irrigation access and with the opportunity cost of land area occupied by bunds and dikes. The results suggest for service provision support programs in LLL adoption to enhance market development of this precision technology in Nepal, specifically focusing land holders with low irrigation access in plane areas.Elsevier2023-01-12T01:25:22Z2023-01-12T01:25:22Z2023Published Versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/10883/2238710.1016/j.atech.2022.10008432772-3755Smart Agricultural Technology100084reponame:Repositorio Institucional de Publicaciones Multimedia del CIMMYTinstname:Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigoinstacron:CIMMYTEnglishNutrition, health & food securityTransforming Agrifood Systems in South AsiaResilient Agrifood SystemsUnited States Agency for International Development (USAID)Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)CGIAR Trust Fundhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/127167NepalNetherlandsCIMMYT manages Intellectual Assets as International Public Goods. The user is free to download, print, store and share this work. In case you want to translate or create any other derivative work and share or distribute such translation/derivative work, please contact CIMMYT-Knowledge-Center@cgiar.org indicating the work you want to use and the kind of use you intend; CIMMYT will contact you with the suitable license for that purposeOpen Accessinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repository.cimmyt.org:10883/223872024-10-11T19:56:54Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Smart precision agriculture but resource constrained farmers: Is service provision a potential solution? Farmer's willingness to pay for laser-land leveling services in Nepal
title Smart precision agriculture but resource constrained farmers: Is service provision a potential solution? Farmer's willingness to pay for laser-land leveling services in Nepal
spellingShingle Smart precision agriculture but resource constrained farmers: Is service provision a potential solution? Farmer's willingness to pay for laser-land leveling services in Nepal
Paudel, G.
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Precision Land Leveling
Service Provision
Demand Heterogeneity
Rice-Wheat Systems
LAND LEVELLING
WATER USE EFFICIENCY
WILLINGNESS TO PAY
CONTINGENT VALUATION
Sustainable Intensification
Sustainable Agrifood Systems
title_short Smart precision agriculture but resource constrained farmers: Is service provision a potential solution? Farmer's willingness to pay for laser-land leveling services in Nepal
title_full Smart precision agriculture but resource constrained farmers: Is service provision a potential solution? Farmer's willingness to pay for laser-land leveling services in Nepal
title_fullStr Smart precision agriculture but resource constrained farmers: Is service provision a potential solution? Farmer's willingness to pay for laser-land leveling services in Nepal
title_full_unstemmed Smart precision agriculture but resource constrained farmers: Is service provision a potential solution? Farmer's willingness to pay for laser-land leveling services in Nepal
title_sort Smart precision agriculture but resource constrained farmers: Is service provision a potential solution? Farmer's willingness to pay for laser-land leveling services in Nepal
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Paudel, G.
Khanal, A.R.
Rahut, D.B.
Krupnik, T.J.
Mcdonald, A.
author Paudel, G.
author_facet Paudel, G.
Khanal, A.R.
Rahut, D.B.
Krupnik, T.J.
Mcdonald, A.
author_role author
author2 Khanal, A.R.
Rahut, D.B.
Krupnik, T.J.
Mcdonald, A.
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Precision Land Leveling
Service Provision
Demand Heterogeneity
Rice-Wheat Systems
LAND LEVELLING
WATER USE EFFICIENCY
WILLINGNESS TO PAY
CONTINGENT VALUATION
Sustainable Intensification
Sustainable Agrifood Systems
topic AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Precision Land Leveling
Service Provision
Demand Heterogeneity
Rice-Wheat Systems
LAND LEVELLING
WATER USE EFFICIENCY
WILLINGNESS TO PAY
CONTINGENT VALUATION
Sustainable Intensification
Sustainable Agrifood Systems
description Farmers commonly split large, undulating crop fields, even those at similar elevation range or contour, into a patchwork of small sub-plots in plane areas of Nepal. Specifically, to ensure irrigation or rainwater throughout their cultivated rice or wheat growing areas, structures like bunds, dikes, and ditches are commonly built. These structures not only require significant labor hours to build but also incur loss of some portion of productive crop areas. Laser-land leveling (LLL) is one of the precision technologies that can prevent these area losses, save labor costs, and enhance water utilization. However, purchase of LLL system requires significant capital which could be beyond the access of low resource farmers. In this study, we examined the potential of LLL adoption in a form of service provision or fee-for-service basis among farmers in Nepal. Using an appropriate contingent valuation that maintains efficient estimation and consistent response, we found that Nepali farmers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for LLL services averages 1,550 Nepalese Rupees per hour. However, WTP is heterogeneous across farm size—top quantile farmers with relatively higher land acreages have 47% higher WTP for LLL than bottom quantile farmers. Additionally, our interval regression results show positive association of WTP with low irrigation access and with the opportunity cost of land area occupied by bunds and dikes. The results suggest for service provision support programs in LLL adoption to enhance market development of this precision technology in Nepal, specifically focusing land holders with low irrigation access in plane areas.
publishDate 2023
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2023-01-12T01:25:22Z
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dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv Nutrition, health & food security
Transforming Agrifood Systems in South Asia
Resilient Agrifood Systems
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)
CGIAR Trust Fund
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127167
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dc.coverage.none.fl_str_mv Nepal
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