Farmer preferences for socioeconomic and technical interventions in groundnut production system in Niger: Conjoint and ordered probit analyses
Farmer preferences for socioeconomic and technical interventions in groundnut production system in Niger: Conjoint and ordered probit analyses
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DOI：
10.1016/s0308-521x(96)00094-7
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发表时间：
1997-08-01
影响因子：
6.6
通讯作者：
Ntare, BR
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作者：
BaiduForson, J;Waliyar, F;Ntare, BR
作物生产决策反映了农民的偏好，这些偏好基于农业系统特有的激励和约束结构。因此，评估农民对技术和社会经济干预措施的偏好强度可以为选择适当的战略来提高生产力和收入提供有用的指导。根据在西非尼日尔花生种植区进行的调查，通过应用联合和有序概率分析得出了选定的社会经济和技术干预措施对农民的效用。在所有区域和性别分组的受访者中，花生农民都非常重视获得信贷和可靠的豆荚市场。目前，引进新的、生产力更高的品种本身不会对农民的效用做出重大贡献。这可能意味着，在市场和信贷约束得到缓解之前，农民对高产品种的效用较低。花生农民可以从当地小型花生油加工厂、肥料和传统土地获取规则的改变中获益，这方面观察到了地区差异。没有证据表明公用事业存在基于性别的多样性，因此，根据观察到的公用事业确定干预措施的优先顺序将有利于两个性别组成部分。 (C) 1997 年由爱思唯尔科学有限公司出版。
Crop production decisions reflect preferences of farmers which are based on the structure of incentives and constraints that characterize agricultural systems. Therefore, an assessment of the intensities of farmer preferences for technical and socioeconomic interventions can provide useful guidance for the choice of appropriate strategies to improve productivity and incomes. Based on surveys conducted in groundnut-growing zones of Niger in West Africa, utilities of selected socioeconomic and technical interventions to farmers were derived through application of conjoint and ordered probit analyses. Across all regional and gender subgroups of respondents, groundnut farmers attach significant importance to access to credit and reliable markets for pods. The introduction of new and more productive varieties per se would not significantly contribute to utilities of farmers at the present time. This possibly implies that until market and credit constraints are alleviated, farmers have lower utility for more productive varieties. Regional diversities were observed in the significance of utilities groundnut farmers can gain from the availability of local small-scale groundnut oil processing plant, fertilizer and changes to traditional rules governing access to land. There is no evidence of gender-based diversity in utilities and, therefore, prioritization of the interventions on the basis of observed utilities will benefit both gender components. (C) 1997 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.