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022 _a0954-1748
022 _a1099-1328 (Online
024 8 _ahttps://doi.org/10.1002/jid.3767
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041 _aeng
100 1 _aNgoma, H.
_8001712572
_gSocioeconomics Program
_gSustainable Agrifood Systems
_915771
245 1 0 _aSmallholder farmers' willingness to pay for two-wheel tractor-based mechanisation services in Zambia and Zimbabwe
260 _bWiley,
_c2023.
_aOxford (United Kingdom) :
500 _aPeer review
500 _aOpen Access
520 _aMechanisation is back among top development policy priorities for transforming African smallholder agriculture. Yet previous and ongoing efforts ubiquitously suffer from lack of scientific information on end-user effective demand for different types of mechanical innovations to inform public investment or business development programmes. We assess smallholder farmers' willingness to pay (WTP) for two-wheel tractor (2WT)-based ripping, direct seeding and transportation using a random sample of 2800 smallholder households in Zambia and Zimbabwe. Applying the Becker–DeGroot–Marschak Mechanism (BDM) experimental auctions, we find that at least 50% of sample households in Zambia and Zimbabwe were willing to pay more than the prevailing market prices for ripping. In nominal terms, sample households in Zimbabwe were willing to pay more than those in Zambia for the different services. Empirical results suggest that wealth is the strongest driver of WTP for tillage and seeding 2WT services while labour availability and using animal draft power reduce it. These findings imply a need to (i) raise awareness and create demand for 2WT-based services in an inclusive business manner that does not create perverse incentives and (ii) better target mechanisation to operations with comparative advantage, using approaches that bundle 2WT-based and other mechanisation services with asset-agnostic credit schemes or other interventions meant to overcome asset-mediated barriers.
546 _aText in English
591 _aChipindu, L. : Not in IRS staff list but CIMMYT Affiliation
597 _aClimate adaptation & mitigation
_bMixed Farming Systems
_cResilient Agrifood Systems
_dNorwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD)
_dCGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)
_uhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/130041
650 7 _aDemand
_2AGROVOC
_99096
650 7 _aMechanization
_2AGROVOC
_95007
650 7 _aTargeting
_2AGROVOC
_912475
650 7 _aWheeled tractors
_2AGROVOC
_91764
651 7 _2AGROVOC
_94309
_aZambia
651 7 _2AGROVOC
_94496
_aZimbabwe
700 1 _aMarenya, P.P.
_9787
_8I1705822
_gSustainable Agrifood Systems
700 1 _aTufa, A.H.
_914336
700 1 _aAlene, A.D.
_91532
700 1 _aChipindu, L.
_911754
700 0 _aMd Abdul Matin
_8001712567
_gSustainable Intensification Program
_gSustainable Agrifood Systems
_93694
700 1 _aThierfelder, C.
_9877
_8INT2939
_gSustainable Agrifood Systems
700 1 _aChikoye, D.
_96852
773 0 _tJournal of International Development
_gv. 35, no. 7, p. 2107-2128
_dOxford (United Kingdom) : Wiley, 2023.
_x1099-1328
_wG444974
856 4 _yOpen Access through DSpace
_uhttps://hdl.handle.net/10883/22557
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