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The effect of participation in the Ugandan National Agricultural Advisory Services on willingness to pay for extension services

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Title The effect of participation in the Ugandan National Agricultural Advisory Services on willingness to pay for extension services
 
Creator James, P.A.
Smart, J.C.
Smith, J.
Bulling, M.T.
Beed, Fen D.
Luwandagga, D.
 
Subject FARMERS
AGRICULTURE
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
 
Description Uganda’s National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS), established in 2001, is a demand-driven extension program for developing farmer organizations and improving farmer production and welfare. The program is expected to be 50% client funded after 25 years. However, varying returns to extension services and inconclusive evidence about their effectiveness suggest that farmers may not be willing to pay for these services. Using a choice experiment, this study found that longer participation in NAADS increased farmers’ willingness to pay and that NAADS had a cost beneficial effect at farm level. The findings suggest that farmers are willing to pay for extension advice (US$0.20, which is higher than that found for most other African extension systems) if they see they are given good information, though they should not be asked to pay the full cost. Longer association with NAADS promoted the adoption of new crops, reduced the vulnerability of farms by increasing technology adoption and improved farmer welfare.
Economic and Social Research Council, United Kingdom
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
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Date 2017-11-14T08:07:46Z
2017-11-14T08:07:46Z
2011-03
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier James, P.A., Smart, J.C., Smith, J., Bulling, M.T., Beed, F.D. & Luwandagga, D. (2011). The effect of participation in the Ugandan National Agricultural Advisory Services on willingness to pay for extension services. African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 6(1), 1-19.
1993-3738
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/89358
 
Language en
 
Format 1-19
 
Source African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics