Smallholder farmers' willingness to pay for scale-appropriate farm mechanization: Evidence from the mid-hills of Nepal

Smallholder farmers' willingness to pay for scale-appropriate farm mechanization: Evidence from the mid-hills of Nepal

This paper analyzes smallholder farmers' willingness to pay (WTP) for the purchase of scale-appropriate farm mechanization in the hill ecologies of Nepal using the case of mini-tiller technology: a small, 5–7 horsepower two-wheel tractor primarily used for agricultural land preparation. Using p...

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Main Authors: Justice, S.E (Author), KC, D.B (Author), Khanal, N.P (Author), McDonald, A.J (Author), Paudel, G.P (Author), Rahut, D.B (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Ltd 2019
Subjects:
accessibility
Agricultural machinery
agricultural policy
agricultural technology
Agriculture
Animalia
contingent valuation
Contingent valuation
Contingent valuations
demand analysis
Employment
Farm mechanization
Heterogeneous demand
Mechanization
Mini-tillers
Nepal
policy approach
Purchasing
rural economy
smallholder
technological development
technology adoption
Wages
willingness to pay
Willingness to pay
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