@article{Dalton:103712,
      recid = {103712},
      author = {Dalton, Timothy J. and Yesuf, Mahmud and Muhammad, Lutta},
      title = {Demand for Drought Tolerance in Africa:
Selection of  Drought Tolerant Maize Seed using Framed Field Experiments},
      address = {2011},
      number = {321-2016-11126},
      pages = {29},
      year = {2011},
      abstract = {Recent projections on the impact of climate change argue  that eastern and southern Africa will be two
regions around  the globe that will experience dramatic reductions in maize  yields by mid‐century.
Absent from these projections is any  consideration for farmer adaptation of cropping practices  or land
reallocation. This research quantifies risk, loss  and ambiguity aversion for a sample of smallholder
Kenyan  farmers using framed field experiments. This behavioral  information, directly elicited, is used to
condition the  selection of maize varieties differentiated by drought  tolerance, pest resistance, maturity,
and seed price.  Overall, the willingness to pay for drought tolerance and  other attributes is highly
heterogeneous as determined  through a Latent Class modeling approach. Failing to  account for farmer
heterogeneity biases the potential  welfare gains from this technology. Secondly, willingness  to pay
estimates identify segments of farmers that are  seed‐price sensitive and this elastic demand may  limit
technology purchase and the eventual impact of this  adaptation strategy without seed market
intervention.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/103712},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.103712},
}