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

Kpadé Patrice Cokou, Mensah Edouard Roméo, Fok Michel, Ndjeunga Jupiter. 2017. Cotton farmers' willingness to pay for pest management services in northern Benin. Agricultural Economics, 48 (1) : 105-114.

https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12298

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Url - éditeur : http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/agec.12298/abstract

Quartile : Q2, Sujet : ECONOMICS / Quartile : Q2, Sujet : AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY

Liste HCERES des revues (en SHS) : oui

Thème(s) HCERES des revues (en SHS) : Economie-gestion

Résumé : 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.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : Gossypium, pesticide, lutte intégrée, gestion intégrée des ravageurs, agriculteur, comportement, service professionnel, incitation, dépense

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : Bénin

Mots-clés libres : Bénin, Cotton, Pesticides, Lutte étagée ciblée, Propension à payer

Classification Agris : H01 - Protection des végétaux - Considérations générales

Champ stratégique Cirad : Axe 4 (2014-2018) - Santé des animaux et des plantes

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