Psychological Determinants of Turkish Farmers’ Health and Safety Behaviors: An Application of the Extended Theory of Planned Behavior

Baydur, Hakan; Eser, Erhan; Gundogan, Nesibe Efruz Sen; Ayhan, Emine; Dede, Bahadır; Hazneci, Esin; Öztekin, Yeşim Benal; Ekuklu, Galip; Cevızcı, Sibel; Broucke, Stephan Van den

doi:10.3390/agriculture13050967

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“…The mean age of the household heads was 44 years, and significantly different between households that were willing and those which were not willing to pay for private extension services. The mean age of the farmers in Gibi District attests to the fact that they were still energetic and active in their farming business, which contrasts with studies in other SSA countries where farmers have been reported to be older [43,49]. According to [63], only farmers below the age of 50 possess the strength to carry out farming works.…”

Section: Farmers' Socio-demographic Profilesmentioning

confidence: 73%

“…Therefore, behavioral intention precedes attitude towards the behavior, which the individual evaluates as favorable or unfavorable. The TPB has been variously applied to examine the sustainable extension of food preparation techniques in rural areas of Taiwan [41] to predict WTP for municipal solid waste management in Beijing [42], and to assess the health safety behavior of farmers in Turkey [43].…”

Section: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…From an empirical perspective, past studies have employed the double-bounded contingent valuation method (CVM) to operationalize the TPB [41,43]. The advantge of using the CVM to operationalze the TPB derives from its ability to model real-world phenomena through the creation of contigent or hypothetical scenarios that are offered to potential consumers to express their WTP [44][45][46].…”

Section: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Determinants of Smallholder Rice Farmers’ Willingness-to-Pay for Private Extension Services in Liberia: The Case of Gibi District

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Ritho,

Irungu

2023

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Globally, many policymakers and extension professionals have advocated for the privatization of extension services in order to reduce the burden of funding faced by the state as well as to adequately respond to the low productivity problem of farmers as they endeavor to tackle productivity problems. This study assessed willingness-to-pay (WTP) for private extension services by farmers and identified the determinants of their WTP using Gibi District of Liberia as a case study. A multistage sampling technique was used in selecting 296 smallholder rice farmers in the district while the double-bounded dichotomous choice contingent valuation method was used to elicit maximum WTP value for farmers. Descriptive statistics were computed and the double-bounded logit model used to analyze the data. The findings revealed that 78.7% of the rice farmers were willing to pay for privatized extension services and on average, a farmer was willing to pay US$11.21 per farm visit, almost twice the average daily wage rate of a skilled worker in Liberia. The results from the model showed that WTP was significantly positively influenced by the household head’s age, years of schooling, household size, annual income, and distance to extension service provider. The study recommends that the Liberian government and its development partners should encourage the private sector to invest more in extension services to take advantage of the relatively high farmers’ WTP and effective demand. In addition, the government should design and implement programs that reduce transaction costs in addition to increasing farmers’ income in order to enhance their capacity to pay for privatized extension services.

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Section: Farmers' Socio-demographic Profilesmentioning

confidence: 73%