Farmers' willingness to pay for a village poultry vaccine service in Ethiopia: prospect for enhancing rural livelihoods

Terfa, ZG, Garikipati, S ORCID: 0000-0001-8576-8227, Dessie, T, Lynch, S, Wigley, P, Bettridge, JM and Christley, RM ORCID: 0000-0001-9250-3032 (2015) Farmers' willingness to pay for a village poultry vaccine service in Ethiopia: prospect for enhancing rural livelihoods. FOOD SECURITY, 7 (4). pp. 905-917.

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Abstract

This research examines farmers’ willingness to pay for village poultry vaccine programmes using data from 400 household heads from two districts in Ethiopia, Horro and Jarso. The study applied a contingent valuation method to elicit farmers’ willingness to pay for village poultry vaccine services. Two hypothetical vaccine programmes were designed for Newcastle disease and Gumboro disease. Both parametric and non-parametric approaches were employed in data analysis. The results show that farmers recognise the benefits of the vaccine programme and that many would be willing to pay for it. Results from non-parametric estimates produced households’ mean willingness to pay Ethiopian Birr (ETB) 80 up to ETB 87 per year based on vaccine programme type. This demonstrates the potential and prospect of reducing the impact of infectious poultry diseases and enhancing rural livelihoods through village poultry. Exponential probit analysis revealed that farmers’ willingness to pay for village poultry vaccine service is influenced by age, education level, and region of respondents. Younger and more-educated farmers were more likely to pay for village poultry vaccine services and farmers from Horro, a relatively food secure and educated area, were more likely to pay than those from the less food secure Jarso district.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Date: 2000 (submitted)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Willingness to pay, Poultry vaccine, Newcastle disease, Gumboro disease
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Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	12 Oct 2020 09:34
Last Modified:	16 Dec 2022 15:55
DOI:	10.1007/s12571-015-0482-5
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3010308

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