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Quantifying farmers' preferences for cropping systems intensification: A choice experiment approach applied in coastal Bangladesh's risk prone farming systems
- Source :
- Agricultural Systems, AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS, Agricultural Systems, 189, Agricultural Systems 189 : Art. 103069 (Abril 2021), INTA Digital (INTA), Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, instacron:INTA, Agricultural Systems 189 (2021), Agricultural Systems, 189:103069. ELSEVIER SCI LTD
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Sustainable intensification (SI) is envisioned as an effective strategy for developing countries to increase farm productivity while reducing negative environmental and social externalities. The development of regionally appropriate SI options however requires accounting for the knowledge and preferences of key stakeholders. In Bangladesh, the Government has requested international donors to support the development of dry season rice expansion in the coastal region. Policies however tend to be made without adequate study of farmers’ preferences and ambitions; this can render crop intensification efforts ineffective. Understanding farmers’ preferences for alternative crops and crop management practices are therefore crucial for success where agricultural development investments aim at incorporating the principles of SI. OBJECTIVE(S): Using coastal Bangladesh as a case study– we aim to (1) quantify farmers’ preferences for alternative irrigated crop and crop management options in comparison to the status quo (land fallowing), (2) analyze whether farmers’ preferences are conditioned by concerns regarding the cost and availability of irrigation and fertilizer inputs in comparison to expected net revenues, (3) understand how the heterogeneity in preferences can be attributed to farmer and/or farm characteristics, institutional, and biophysical factors, (4) determine how much farmers’ are willing to invest in different crops and crop management options – including those reliant and not reliant on irrigation. METHODS: Taking 300 farmers in two diverse coastal environments, a choice experiment (CE) was employed to explore the heterogeneity in farmers’ preferences for different dry “rabi” season intensification options (‘boro’ rice, maize, wheat and mungbean) against the status quo (dry season land fallowing after harvest of the monsoon season rice crop). Analyses included random parameter logit modeling followed by willingness-to-invest and profit simulations. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: Analyses revealed strong farmer preferences against rice and in favor of irrigated maize, and also in favor of rainfed or partially irrigated mungbean as an alternative to land fallowing. Irrespective of their location and environmental conditions, respondents had largely a negative preference for irrigation and fertilizer use due to high investment costs and associated production risks in the dry season. Nonetheless, a significant positive effect on their willingness-to-intensify cropping was observed where farmers felt it feasible to provide in-field drainage to limit waterlogging risks. Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche Fil: Aravindakshan, Sreejith. Wageningen University and Research. Farming Systems Ecology, ; Holanda Fil: Aravindakshan, Sreejith. International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT); Bangladesh Fil: Krupnik, Timothy J. International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT); Bangladesh Fil: Amjath-Babu, T.S. International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT); Bangladesh Fil: Speelman, Stijn. Ghent University. Department of Agricultural Economics; Bélgica Fil: Tur-Cardona, Juan. Ghent University. Department of Agricultural Economics; Bélgica Fil: Tittonell, Pablo Adrian. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Tittonell, Pablo Adrian. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Tittonell, Pablo Adrian. Groningen University. Groningen Institute of Evolutionary Life Sciences; Holanda Fil: Groot, Jeroen C.J. Wageningen University and Research. Farming Systems Ecology; Holanda Fil: Groot, Jeroen C.J. Bioversity International; Italia Fil: Groot, Jeroen C.J. International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT); Mexico
- Subjects :
- Agriculture and Food Sciences
Cereal systems
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
F08 - Systèmes et modes de culture
South Asia
01 natural sciences
Agricultural science
DESIGN
IRRIGATION
Sustainable agriculture
WATER
Desarrollo Económico y Social
Agroecosystems
UTILITY
Bangladesh
Farmer preferences
Food security
Sustainable intensification
04 agricultural and veterinary sciences
Sustainable Development
PE&RC
Sostenibilidad
Farming Systems
Sustainability
ATTRIBUTES
IMPACTS
EFFICIENCY
Context (language use)
WILLINGNESS-TO-PAY
Choice experiment
Desarrollo Sostenible
MANAGEMENT
Productivity
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Socioeconomic Development
Sustainable development
Agricultura Sostenible
Agroecosistemas
Ex-ante
Sistemas de Explotacion
business.industry
Farm Systems Ecology Group
Sustainable Agriculture
Agriculture
040103 agronomy & agriculture
0401 agriculture, forestry, and fisheries
Animal Science and Zoology
business
Cropping
Agronomy and Crop Science
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0308521X and 18732267
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Agricultural Systems, AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS, Agricultural Systems, 189, Agricultural Systems 189 : Art. 103069 (Abril 2021), INTA Digital (INTA), Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, instacron:INTA, Agricultural Systems 189 (2021), Agricultural Systems, 189:103069. ELSEVIER SCI LTD
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....24db60653af8b2274009ba46f7753fdb