Estimating the economic value of climate services for strengthening resilience of smallholder farmers to climate risks in Ethiopia: A choice experiment approach

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR multi-centre
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas
cg.contributor.affiliationColumbia University
cg.contributor.affiliationCGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
cg.contributor.crpClimate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
cg.coverage.countryEthiopia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ET
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierGirma T. Kassie: 0000-0001-7430-4291
cg.creator.identifierJames Hansen: 0000-0002-8599-7895
cg.creator.identifierMaren Radeny: 0000-0001-6470-8372
cg.creator.identifierDawit Solomon: 0000-0002-6839-6801
cg.identifier.projectCCAFS: PII-FP4_ForecastingEastAfrica
cg.subject.ccafsCLIMATE SERVICES AND SAFETY NETS
dc.contributor.authorAbonesh Tesfaye Tulu
dc.contributor.authorHansen, James
dc.contributor.authorKassie, Girma T.
dc.contributor.authorRadeny, Maren A.O.
dc.contributor.authorSolomon, Dawit
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-09T20:54:59Zen
dc.date.available2019-01-09T20:54:59Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/99022
dc.titleEstimating the economic value of climate services for strengthening resilience of smallholder farmers to climate risks in Ethiopia: A choice experiment approachen
dcterms.abstractThis study estimated the economic value of agricultural climate services for strengthening the resilience of smallholder farmers to climate variability and risks in Ethiopia. Using a choice experiment approach, the study introduced a hypothetical package of improved climate services to 600 randomly selected smallholder farmers in three districts across three different agro-ecological zones in the Oromia Regional State. A generalized multinomial logit (G-MNL) model was used to estimate preferred attributes of climate services and willingness-to-pay (WTP) values. The results show that the preferred bundle of improved climate services among smallholder farmers was one that could be communicated in short text message system, provided along with credit facility, and market information and one that favors participatory decision making by smallholders. The results further reveal that the WTP value exhibited high implicit price for participatory decision-making. The study sheds light on important characteristics of agricultural climate services that may improve their acceptability and usability among smallholders. It also highlights the importance of packaging additional services including digital and ICT-based solutions, financial and market information along with climate services to promote demand-driven last mile delivery systems. Engaging smallholder farmers in a participatory manner in the decision-making process can help them make informed decision.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientists
dcterms.audienceAcademics
dcterms.audienceCGIAR
dcterms.bibliographicCitationTesfaye A, Hansen J, Tesfahun Kassie G, Radeny M, Solomon S. 2018. Estimating the economic value of climate services for strengthening resilience of smallholder farmers to climate risks in Ethiopia: A choice experiment approach. CCAFS Working Paper no. 252. Wageningen, Netherlands: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).en
dcterms.issued2018-12-20
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-ND-3.0
dcterms.subjectclimate changeen
dcterms.subjectagricultureen
dcterms.subjectfood securityen
dcterms.typeWorking Paper

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