Heterogeneities in farmers’ preference for advisory services: A choice experiment of vegetable growers in North-Western Ethiopia

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationBioversity Internationalen
cg.contributor.affiliationBahir Dar Universityen
cg.contributor.affiliationInjibara Universityen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Center for Tropical Agricultureen
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden
cg.contributor.initiativeSustainable Healthy Diets
cg.coverage.countryEthiopia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ET
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.creator.identifierErmias Teferi: 0000-0003-2279-7666
cg.creator.identifierSolomon Bizuayehu Wassie: 0000-0002-5200-8851
cg.creator.identifierBernd Müller: 0009-0008-4761-2967
cg.creator.identifierAbdul-Rahim Abdulai: 0000-0003-4699-2407
cg.creator.identifierCéline Termote: 0000-0003-3217-0226
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/su162410821en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn2071-1050en
cg.issue24en
cg.journalSustainabilityen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.actionAreaResilient Agrifood Systems
cg.subject.actionAreaSystems Transformation
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatPOLICYen
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food security
cg.subject.impactAreaPoverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs
cg.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero hungeren
cg.volume16en
dc.contributor.authorTeferi, Ermias Tesfayeen
dc.contributor.authorWorku, Tigist Damtewen
dc.contributor.authorWassie, Solomon Bizuayehuen
dc.contributor.authorMuller, Bernden
dc.contributor.authorAbdulai, Abdul-rahimen
dc.contributor.authorTermote, Celineen
dc.date.accessioned2024-12-16T13:34:10Zen
dc.date.available2024-12-16T13:34:10Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/163549
dc.titleHeterogeneities in farmers’ preference for advisory services: A choice experiment of vegetable growers in North-Western Ethiopiaen
dcterms.abstractThis study investigated vegetable farmers’ willingness-to-pay (WTP) for private agricultural advisory services in northwestern Ethiopia. Understanding farmers’ preferences is a crucial step for modernizing agricultural advisory services and transforming smallholder agri-food systems into a sustainable path. Discrete choice experiment data from 393 farm households were analyzed using a random parameter logit model (RPL). The results revealed that vegetable farmers are willing to pay for practice-oriented private advisory services. The result also showed the existence of heterogeneity in farmers’ preference for features of vegetable advisory services. Household heads’ educational status and age influenced preferences for advisory service features. The result is substantiated by the fact that merely 25.5% of the sample households acquired formal education. Farmers in general preferred extension services with frequent expert visits and practical engagement on-farm as opposed to digitized options that rely on short message service (SMS) and voice-based guidance. Additionally, farmers are willing to pay an ETB 120.89 and ETB 203.94 monthly fee for an extension service that emphasizes fruity and root and tuber vegetables, respectively, as opposed to leafy vegetables. The findings imply initiatives that push for commercializing agricultural advisory services should strive to achieve a balance between the practical application and digitization of extension services accounting for the heterogeneous preferences of smallholder farmers.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.available2024-12-10
dcterms.bibliographicCitationTeferi, E.T.; Worku, T.D.; Wassie, S.B.; Muller, B.; Abdulai, A.; Termote, C. (2024) Heterogeneities in farmers’ preference for advisory services: A choice experiment of vegetable growers in North-Western Ethiopia. Sustainability 16(24): 10821. ISSN: 2071-1050en
dcterms.extent10821en
dcterms.issued2024-12-10
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Instituteen
dcterms.subjectfarmersen
dcterms.subjectadvisory servicesen
dcterms.subjectvegetable growingen
dcterms.subjectwillingness to payen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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