Willingness to pay for extension services in Uganda among farmers involved in crop and animal husbandry
Abstract
Although the Ugandan government is determined
to aid farmers increase agricultural
productivity as an intervention on increasi
ng food security and reducing poverty through
extension services, resources cons
traints are dampening its efforts. Private extension services
providers are being invited to take up inform
ation dissemination roles with queries on the
availability and demand of the services among
farmers to attract priv
ate sector and factors
influencing the demand for extension services
. Data collected by the Uganda Bureau of
Statistics (UBOS) on national service deliv
ery throughout the country in 2008 among 5363 and
3318 farmers involved in crops’ and animals’ husba
ndry 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 a
bout 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 respective
ly. Key farmer’s attributes that influenced
willingness to pay included sex, age, education le
vel, 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 e
ducate the public on the importance of the
services.
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