This study was designed to measure farmers’ willingness to pay for walking tractor rental service. Specifically, this study addresses how much they are willing to pay and what factors hinder farmers' WTP for walking tractor technology. Accordingly, CVM questionnaire was designed and face-to-face interviews were made to collect the data. One and one-half bounded contingent valuation format followed by an open-ended question was applied to elicit farmers' WTP for walking tractor rental service. For this study, a multi-stage sampling technique was applied to select representative samples. Finally, primary data were collected from 197 randomly selected sample respondents. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, and Tobit econometric model. About 80.53% of the sampled farmers were willing to pay for walking tractor rental service. The CV survey revealed that the mean WTP of smallholder farmers for walking tractor rental service was 718.50 ETB per timad. Moreover, the model result indicated that land size, suitability of the land, annual income, model farmers, and training had positive and statistically significant effect on WTP of smallholder farmers for walking tractor rental service. However, age had a significant and negative effect on WTP of smallholder farmers. The findings imply that researchers, policymakers as well as zone and woreda agriculture office and development workers should consider age, land size, suitability of the land, annual income, model farmers, and training variables to provide walking tractor service.
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One-and-One-Half Bounded Elicitation Contingent Valuation, Tobit, Walking Tractor, Willingnessto Pay
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Workineh Yenewa, Tsegaye Molla. (2022). Farmers’ Willingness to Pay for Walking Tractor Rental Service in Northwestern Ethiopia. International Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 10(2), 29-40. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijebo.20221002.11
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