Cotton farmers’ willingness to pay for pest management services in northern Benin

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Article (sc. journal) of Cokou Patrice Kpade, Edouard Romeo Mensah, Michel Fok, Jupiter Ndjeungab - 2016

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  • Author
  • Cokou Patrice Kpade, Edouard Romeo Mensah, Michel Fok, Jupiter Ndjeungab
  • English title of the work
  • Cotton farmers’ willingness to pay for pest management services in northern
    Benin
  • Title of the work
  • Cotton farmers’ willingness to pay for pest management services in northern
    Benin
  • Year of publication
  • 2016
  • Author's email
  • kpadepatrice1@hotmail.com
  • Journal or magazine
  • Agricultural Economics
  • Month of publication
  • October
  • Page number
  • 1-10
  • URL Address
  • https://authorservices.wiley.com/bauthor/collpubs.asp
  • Volume of a journal or multi-volume book
  • 48
  • Countries concerned
  • Associated thesauruses
  • Saved on
  • 2016-10-14
  • Modifed on
  • 2016-10-14
  • Administrated by
  • Fok Michel
  • Abstract
  • This study was carried out to assess cotton farmers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for pest management services in northern Benin. Targeted
    staggered control (TSC) has been introduced to reduce pesticide use in cotton cropping and generate an estimated benefit of FCFA48,800
    (€74.40) per cotton hectare accruing from increased productivity and reduced pesticide cost. However, TSC application requires extra time for
    pest identification and scouting, and its adoption remains low due to the lack of funding to boost farmers’ awareness and cover training costs. An
    interval regression model was used to analyze responses to a double-bounded contingent valuation survey with data collected from 300 cotton
    farmers. The results showed that 87.3% of cotton farmers were willing to pay for TSC services. Annual WTP per cotton hectare was estimated at
    FCFA16,962 (€25.80), revealing an existing demand for TSC adoption. Respondents’ WTP was driven by farm and socio-economic characteristics.
    Financial mechanisms managed by farmers could thus potentially foster technology adoption, and in turn, generate economic and environmental
    benefits.
  • English abstract
  • This study was carried out to assess cotton farmers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for pest management services in northern Benin. Targeted
    staggered control (TSC) has been introduced to reduce pesticide use in cotton cropping and generate an estimated benefit of FCFA48,800
    (€74.40) per cotton hectare accruing from increased productivity and reduced pesticide cost. However, TSC application requires extra time for
    pest identification and scouting, and its adoption remains low due to the lack of funding to boost farmers’ awareness and cover training costs. An
    interval regression model was used to analyze responses to a double-bounded contingent valuation survey with data collected from 300 cotton
    farmers. The results showed that 87.3% of cotton farmers were willing to pay for TSC services. Annual WTP per cotton hectare was estimated at
    FCFA16,962 (€25.80), revealing an existing demand for TSC adoption. Respondents’ WTP was driven by farm and socio-economic characteristics.
    Financial mechanisms managed by farmers could thus potentially foster technology adoption, and in turn, generate economic and environmental
    benefits