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

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Relation http://oar.icrisat.org/11568/
https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2020.1755956
doi:10.1080/07900627.2020.1755956
 
Title Irrigators’ willingness to pay for the adoption of soil moisture monitoring tools in South-Eastern Africa
 
Creator Abebe, F
Zuo, A
Ann Wheeler, S
Bjornlund, H
van Rooyen, A
Pittock, J
Mdemu, M
Chilundo, M
 
Subject Tanzania
Irrigation
Soil Science
Zimbabwe
Mozambique
 
Description 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.
 
Publisher Routledge
 
Date 2020-06
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/11568/1/07900627.2020.pdf
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