Smallholder farmers' willingness to pay for scale-appropriate farm mechanization: evidence from the mid-hills of Nepal

This paper analyzes smallholder farmers' willingness to pay (WTP) for the purchase of scale-appropriate farm mechanization in the hill ecologies of Nepal using the case of mini-tiller technology: a small, 5–7 horsepower two-wheel tractor primarily used for agricultural land preparation. Using p...

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Autores: Paudel, G., Dilli Bahadur KC, Rahut, D.B., Khanal, N.P., Justice, S., Mcdonald, A.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
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
AGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATION
WILLINGNESS TO PAY
CONTINGENT VALUATION
DEMAND
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spelling Smallholder farmers' willingness to pay for scale-appropriate farm mechanization: evidence from the mid-hills of NepalPaudel, G.Dilli Bahadur KCRahut, D.B.Khanal, N.P.Justice, S.Mcdonald, A.AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGYAGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATIONWILLINGNESS TO PAYCONTINGENT VALUATIONDEMANDThis paper analyzes smallholder farmers' willingness to pay (WTP) for the purchase of scale-appropriate farm mechanization in the hill ecologies of Nepal using the case of mini-tiller technology: a small, 5–7 horsepower two-wheel tractor primarily used for agricultural land preparation. Using primary survey data from 628 randomly-selected households, we find that farm size, local wage rates, out-migration, access to credit services, and associations with agricultural cooperatives positively influence the WTP for mini-tillers while the number of draft animals owned negatively influence the WTP for mini-tillers. On average, farmers were willing to pay 31% less than the actual price of a mini-tiller. Results also exhibited a heterogeneous demand in which the lowest quartile farm size households, typically the poorest farm households, were willing to pay 26% less for the minitiller than the top quartile of farms. In the context of labor scarcity and rising rural wages, agricultural policy on farm mechanization in Nepal should aim to prioritize small farms through robust service provision models in order to increase the level of farm mechanization in the country.art. 101196Elsevier2019-12-16T17:17:33Z2019-12-16T17:17:33Z2019Published Versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlePDFapplication/pdf0160-791Xhttps://hdl.handle.net/10883/2055810.1016/j.techsoc.2019.10119659Technology in Societyreponame:Repositorio Institucional de Publicaciones Multimedia del CIMMYTinstname:Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigoinstacron:CIMMYTEnglishhttps://data.mendeley.com/datasets/pb4fj9fjjv/1/files/89c27b83-247d-41f9-b6aa-7822bcde7c38/Data_and_metadata_TIS.xlsx?dl=1NEPALNetherlandsCIMMYT 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 purpose.Open Accessinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repository.cimmyt.org:10883/205582024-10-11T19:59:16Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Smallholder farmers' willingness to pay for scale-appropriate farm mechanization: evidence from the mid-hills of Nepal
title Smallholder farmers' willingness to pay for scale-appropriate farm mechanization: evidence from the mid-hills of Nepal
spellingShingle Smallholder farmers' willingness to pay for scale-appropriate farm mechanization: evidence from the mid-hills of Nepal
Paudel, G.
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
AGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATION
WILLINGNESS TO PAY
CONTINGENT VALUATION
DEMAND
title_short Smallholder farmers' willingness to pay for scale-appropriate farm mechanization: evidence from the mid-hills of Nepal
title_full Smallholder farmers' willingness to pay for scale-appropriate farm mechanization: evidence from the mid-hills of Nepal
title_fullStr Smallholder farmers' willingness to pay for scale-appropriate farm mechanization: evidence from the mid-hills of Nepal
title_full_unstemmed Smallholder farmers' willingness to pay for scale-appropriate farm mechanization: evidence from the mid-hills of Nepal
title_sort Smallholder farmers' willingness to pay for scale-appropriate farm mechanization: evidence from the mid-hills of Nepal
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Paudel, G.
Dilli Bahadur KC
Rahut, D.B.
Khanal, N.P.
Justice, S.
Mcdonald, A.
author Paudel, G.
author_facet Paudel, G.
Dilli Bahadur KC
Rahut, D.B.
Khanal, N.P.
Justice, S.
Mcdonald, A.
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Rahut, D.B.
Khanal, N.P.
Justice, S.
Mcdonald, A.
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
AGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATION
WILLINGNESS TO PAY
CONTINGENT VALUATION
DEMAND
topic AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
AGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATION
WILLINGNESS TO PAY
CONTINGENT VALUATION
DEMAND
description This paper analyzes smallholder farmers' willingness to pay (WTP) for the purchase of scale-appropriate farm mechanization in the hill ecologies of Nepal using the case of mini-tiller technology: a small, 5–7 horsepower two-wheel tractor primarily used for agricultural land preparation. Using primary survey data from 628 randomly-selected households, we find that farm size, local wage rates, out-migration, access to credit services, and associations with agricultural cooperatives positively influence the WTP for mini-tillers while the number of draft animals owned negatively influence the WTP for mini-tillers. On average, farmers were willing to pay 31% less than the actual price of a mini-tiller. Results also exhibited a heterogeneous demand in which the lowest quartile farm size households, typically the poorest farm households, were willing to pay 26% less for the minitiller than the top quartile of farms. In the context of labor scarcity and rising rural wages, agricultural policy on farm mechanization in Nepal should aim to prioritize small farms through robust service provision models in order to increase the level of farm mechanization in the country.
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