@article{Mwaura:96185,
      recid = {96185},
      author = {Mwaura, Francis and Muwanika, Fred Roland and Okoboi,  Geofrey},
      title = {Willingness to pay for extension services in Uganda among  farmers involved in crop and animal husbandry},
      address = {2010-09},
      number = {308-2016-5116},
      pages = {18},
      year = {2010},
      abstract = {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.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/96185},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.96185},
}