Smallholder farmers' willingness to pay for two-wheel tractor-based mechanisation services in Zambia and Zimbabwe

dc.creatorNgoma, H.
dc.creatorMarenya, P.P.
dc.creatorTufa, A.H.
dc.creatorAlene, A.D.
dc.creatorChipindu, L.
dc.creatorMatin, Md.A.
dc.creatorThierfelder, C.
dc.creatorChikoye, D.
dc.date2023-03-31T20:30:12Z
dc.date2023-03-31T20:30:12Z
dc.date2023
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-17T20:10:30Z
dc.date.available2023-07-17T20:10:30Z
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10883/22557
dc.identifier10.1002/jid.3767
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/7514300
dc.descriptionMechanisation 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.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWiley
dc.relationClimate adaptation & mitigation
dc.relationMixed Farming Systems
dc.relationDiversification in East and Southern Africa
dc.relationResilient Agrifood Systems
dc.relationNorwegian Agency for Development Cooperation
dc.relationCGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/130041
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dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceIn press
dc.source1099-1328
dc.sourceJournal of International Development
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
dc.subjectTwo-Wheeled Tractor
dc.subjectDEMAND
dc.subjectMECHANIZATION
dc.subjectTARGETING
dc.subjectWHEELED TRACTORS
dc.subjectSustainable Agrifood Systems
dc.titleSmallholder farmers' willingness to pay for two-wheel tractor-based mechanisation services in Zambia and Zimbabwe
dc.typeArticle
dc.typePublished Version
dc.coverageZambia
dc.coverageZimbabwe
dc.coverageOxford (United Kingdom)


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