Analysis of Factors that Influence the Willingness to Pay for Irrigation Water in the Kurdistan Regional Government, Iraq

Harun, Rezhen; Mureșan, Iulia C.; Arion, Felix; Dumitraş, Diana E.; Lile, Ramona

doi:10.3390/su7079574

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“…In any case, evaluating the willingness to pay for irrigation water can supply beneficial information to policy decision-makers [44]. Such evaluations can provide decisions with valuable information that might be used in the implementation of formulating strategy in water management.…”

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Evaluating the Willingness to Pay for Using Recycled Water for Irrigation

2019

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The present study attempts to estimate individuals’ willingness to pay for recycled water irrigation, in order to enhance the water supply and ensure the continuation of irrigated agriculture in Nestos catchment. Contingent valuation method has been developed for the investigation of farmers’ preferences, in monetary terms, to adopt this alternative water source for irrigation purposes. The applied method is regularly followed in the framework of environmental valuation. The results of the survey are based on data collected from questionnaires, which were answered by respondents at a river basin scale. In a representative sample of 302 farmers, we find that 64.2% of them expressed a positive stance towards using recycled water, a fact that results in lower environmental impacts. However, findings indicate that participants are willing to pay a significantly less amount of money than they already pay, for freshwater. Additionally, the analysis demonstrates that the use of recycled water in agriculture is more acceptable to respondents who are aware of its environmental benefits. Therefore, the provision of complete information on the welfare of using recycled water for irrigation to farmers may lead to greater adoption intention and a greater environmental benefit.

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Evaluating the Willingness to Pay for Using Recycled Water for Irrigation

2019

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“…However, our findings conform to what Mezgebo and Ewnetu, [38] found in Mutale Local Municipality, South Africa which showed that the respondents of age above 50 years were less willing to pay more for improved water services in the short term. On the contrary, Harun et al [39] in a study done in Iraq found that older people were willing to pay more for water irrigation than the young farmers. Again, we found that education is widely considered to be the most important form of human capital [31] and can significantly influence communities WTP.…”

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confidence: 93%

Willingness to Pay for Improved Water Quality and Influencing factors: An Insight from Chia Lagoon, Malawi

Makwinja¹,

Kosamu²,

Kaonga³

2019

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(1) Background: Water resources at Chia lagoon experience possible threat to its sustainability. Communities are seeking alternatives to improve water quality at the lagoon. The study evaluated the extent at which local communities are WTP to improve water quality at Chia lagoon and the influencing factors. (2) Methods: A study was conducted at Chia lagoon, Western Part of Lake Malawi from November, 2015 to March, 2016. Wide range of data collection approaches such as household surveys, exploratory surveys, focus group discussions, key informant interviews and field observation were employed. A sample of 240 households were selected randomly. Qualitative data was analysed using content analysis. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to determine factors influence WTP. (3) Results: Out of 240 respondents, 57.4% expressed WTP. Multivariate logistic regression analysis demonstrated significant (P<0.01 or P<0.05) relationship between demographic (Gender, age, literacy level), social-economic (Land ownership, main agriculture water source and income) and institution (civic education and social network, extension, water user rights) factors and WTP. (4) Conclusion: The findings from this study provide significant clues for further research and baseline information for local government and local communities in development of more effective and holistic approaches to improve water quality.

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“…The CV technique has been very widely applied in the literature to obtain the WTP for non-market goods [16,17] and environmental goods [18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33]. Refer to Carson and Hanemann [34] for a better understanding of the CV technique and its implementation.…”

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Public Acceptability of Introducing a Biogas Mandate in Korea: A Contingent Valuation Study

2016

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Biogas (BG), a renewable form of energy, can mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, unlike conventional gas. Thus, the Korean Government is considering the introduction of a BG mandate, in which the legal blend is 2% BG and 98% conventional gas (BG2), by 2020 to expand BG use. We should examine the public acceptability of the introduction, which will incur a rise in the gas price. This study attempts to assess the public's willingness to pay (WTP) for introducing the BG2 program in Korea. The WTP data were obtained from a one-and-one-half-bounded dichotomous choice contingent valuation survey of 1000 households. Because a considerable number of the respondents (63.4%) gave a zero WTP response, we applied a spike model to treat the WTP data with zero observations. The yearly mean WTP was computed as 2539 Korean won (KRW) (USD 2.5) per household for the next 10 years, which is also statistically meaningful at the 1% level. Expanding the value to the national population gives us KRW 50.7 billion (USD 49.5 million) per year. The present value of the total public WTP amounts to KRW 372.7 billion (USD 368.4 million) using a social discount rate of 5.5%. We can conclude that gas consumers in Korea are ready to shoulder some of the financial burden of expanding the use of BG.

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Analysis of Factors that Influence the Willingness to Pay for Irrigation Water in the Kurdistan Regional Government, Iraq

Cited by 24 publications

References 14 publications

Evaluating the Willingness to Pay for Using Recycled Water for Irrigation

Evaluating the Willingness to Pay for Using Recycled Water for Irrigation

Willingness to Pay for Improved Water Quality and Influencing factors: An Insight from Chia Lagoon, Malawi

Public Acceptability of Introducing a Biogas Mandate in Korea: A Contingent Valuation Study

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