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| Title: | A HEDONIC MODEL OF RICE TRAITS: ECONOMIC VALUES FROM FARMERS IN WEST AFRICA |
| Authors: | Dalton, Timothy J. |
| Authors (Email): | Dalton, Timothy J. (timothy_dalton@umit.maine.edu) |
| Keywords: | hedonic
upland rice
West Africa
household modelling |
| Issue Date: | 2003 |
| Series/Report no.: | Contributed Paper |
| Abstract: | New crop varieties often have been promoted in developing countries based upon superior yield vis-a-vis locally available varieties. This research presents a hedonic model for upland rice by drawing upon the input characteristics and consumer good characteristics model literature. Model specification tests determine that a combination of production and consumption characteristics best explains the willingness to pay for new upland rice varieties. This non-separable household model specification determined that four traits explain the willingness to pay for new rice varieties: plant cycle length, plant height, grain elongation/swelling and tenderness. Yield was not significant explanatory variable for the willingness to pay for seed. The implications of this model are two-fold. First, varietal development and promotion must include post-harvest characteristics in addition to production traits when determining which varieties to promote for official release. Secondly, non-yield production characteristics such as plant height and cycle length are significant factors in producers' assessments of the value of a new variety. Overall, this paper provides an alternative explanation for limited adoption of modern upland rice varieties in West Africa: varietal evaluation programs have focused too narrowly on yield evaluation and have not promoted varieties with superior non-yield characteristics than locally available varieties. |
| URI: | http://purl.umn.edu/25804 |
| Institution/Association: | International Association of Agricultural Economists>2003 Annual Meeting, August 16-22, 2003, Durban, South Africa |
| Total Pages: | 18 |
| Language: | English |
| Collections: | 2003 Annual Meeting, August 16-22, 2003, Durban, South Africa
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