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Willingness to pay for extension services in Uganda among farmers involved in crop and animal husbandry

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  • Mwaura, Francis
  • Muwanika, Fred Roland
  • Okoboi, Geofrey

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Although the Ugandan government is determined to aid farmers increase agricultural productivity as an intervention on increasing food security and reducing poverty through extension services, resources constraints are dampening its efforts. Private extension services providers are being invited to take up information dissemination roles with queries on the availability and demand of the services among farmers to attract private sector and factors influencing the demand for extension services. Data collected by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) on national service delivery throughout the country in 2008 among 5363 and 3318 farmers involved in crops’ and animals’ husbandry was used to predict willingness to pay, amount farmers were willing to pay for extension services and factors that were to influence willingness to pay. It was established that about 35% and 40% of the farmers were willing to pay on average Ugandan shillings 3,400 (US$ 1.8) and 3,700 (US$ 2) per trip for extension services in crop and animal husbandry respectively. Key farmer’s attributes that influenced willingness to pay included sex, age, education level, regions of residence and preferred means to receive the services. The demand for extension and preferred price are low for private sectors engagement and the government should first educate the public on the importance of the services.

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  • Mwaura, Francis & Muwanika, Fred Roland & Okoboi, Geofrey, 2010. "Willingness to pay for extension services in Uganda among farmers involved in crop and animal husbandry," 2010 AAAE Third Conference/AEASA 48th Conference, September 19-23, 2010, Cape Town, South Africa 96185, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
  • Handle: RePEc:ags:aaae10:96185
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.96185
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    2. Angella, Namyenya, 2014. "Farmers' Willingness to Pay for Irrigation Water: The Case of Doho Rice Irrigation Scheme in Eastern Uganda," Research Theses 243462, Collaborative Masters Program in Agricultural and Applied Economics.
    3. Kiprop, Jonah Kipsaat, 2015. "An Evaluation Of Farmers Willingness To Pay For Irrigation Water In Kerio Valley Basin Kenya," Research Theses 276443, Collaborative Masters Program in Agricultural and Applied Economics.
    4. Mujuka, Esther & Mburu, John & Ackello-Ogutu, Chris & Ambuko, Jane, 2021. "Willingness to Pay for Postharvest Technologies and Its Influencing Factors Among Smallholder Mango Farmers in Kenya," 2021 Conference, August 17-31, 2021, Virtual 315331, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
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