Farmers’ Willingness to Pay for Services to Ensure Sustainable Agricultural Income in the GAP-Harran Plain, Şanlıurfa, Turkey
Sustainable agriculture is necessary for farmers to have a sustainable income. This research aims to determine the willingness to pay (WTP) of farmers in the GAP-Harran Plain for services that would ensure sustainable agricultural income, the factors affecting their willingness, and the minimum amou...
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| author | Hatice Parlakçı Doğan Mustafa Hakkı Aydoğdu Mehmet Reşit Sevinç Mehmet Cançelik |
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| description | Sustainable agriculture is necessary for farmers to have a sustainable income. This research aims to determine the willingness to pay (WTP) of farmers in the GAP-Harran Plain for services that would ensure sustainable agricultural income, the factors affecting their willingness, and the minimum amount they would be willing to pay. The main material of the research has been obtained by means of face-to-face surveys involving farmers selected by a simple random sampling method in the GAP-Harran Plain. The sampling volume was determined with a 95% confidence limit and a 5% error margin. Heckman’s two-stage model was used for the analysis. According to the results of the research, 22.61% of the participants showed WTP, and the average amount they were willing to pay was 180.82 TL/hectare (ha) ($31.86/ha). This amount was 3.08% of the average annual agricultural income calculated. About 41.22% of the participants showed no WTP. They believed that the public sector is accountable of the services and consequently, they should be provided free of charge. About 23.14% of the participants showed WTP only for the services that they needed. The average WTP for all participants was calculated as 40.9 TL/ha ($7.21/ha) and 1.2 million $/year for the GAP-Harran Plain. This amount is the minimum and may increase by several folds with a demand-based variety of service delivery. The factors that statistically effect WTP have been determined as age, education, experience, number of households working in agriculture, amount of land, agricultural income, non-agricultural income, membership status of agricultural cooperatives, and product pattern. The results provide useful information to guide researchers, decision-makers, and policy-makers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b8122bb5592d46a182d1ed692c4f99e32023-11-19T23:29:00ZengMDPI AGAgriculture2077-04722020-05-0110515210.3390/agriculture10050152Farmers’ Willingness to Pay for Services to Ensure Sustainable Agricultural Income in the GAP-Harran Plain, Şanlıurfa, TurkeyHatice Parlakçı Doğan0Mustafa Hakkı Aydoğdu1Mehmet Reşit Sevinç2Mehmet Cançelik3Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Harran University, 63050 Şanlıurfa, TurkeyDepartment of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Harran University, 63050 Şanlıurfa, TurkeyDepartment of Bozova Voc. Sch., Harran University, 63850 Şanlıurfa, TurkeyDepartment of Social Science Voc. Sch., Harran University, 63200 Şanlıurfa, TurkeySustainable agriculture is necessary for farmers to have a sustainable income. This research aims to determine the willingness to pay (WTP) of farmers in the GAP-Harran Plain for services that would ensure sustainable agricultural income, the factors affecting their willingness, and the minimum amount they would be willing to pay. The main material of the research has been obtained by means of face-to-face surveys involving farmers selected by a simple random sampling method in the GAP-Harran Plain. The sampling volume was determined with a 95% confidence limit and a 5% error margin. Heckman’s two-stage model was used for the analysis. According to the results of the research, 22.61% of the participants showed WTP, and the average amount they were willing to pay was 180.82 TL/hectare (ha) ($31.86/ha). This amount was 3.08% of the average annual agricultural income calculated. About 41.22% of the participants showed no WTP. They believed that the public sector is accountable of the services and consequently, they should be provided free of charge. About 23.14% of the participants showed WTP only for the services that they needed. The average WTP for all participants was calculated as 40.9 TL/ha ($7.21/ha) and 1.2 million $/year for the GAP-Harran Plain. This amount is the minimum and may increase by several folds with a demand-based variety of service delivery. The factors that statistically effect WTP have been determined as age, education, experience, number of households working in agriculture, amount of land, agricultural income, non-agricultural income, membership status of agricultural cooperatives, and product pattern. The results provide useful information to guide researchers, decision-makers, and policy-makers.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/10/5/152sustainable agricultural incomeagricultural service provisionWTPGAP-Harran PlainŞanlıurfa-Turkey |
| spellingShingle | Hatice Parlakçı Doğan Mustafa Hakkı Aydoğdu Mehmet Reşit Sevinç Mehmet Cançelik Farmers’ Willingness to Pay for Services to Ensure Sustainable Agricultural Income in the GAP-Harran Plain, Şanlıurfa, Turkey Agriculture sustainable agricultural income agricultural service provision WTP GAP-Harran Plain Şanlıurfa-Turkey |
| title | Farmers’ Willingness to Pay for Services to Ensure Sustainable Agricultural Income in the GAP-Harran Plain, Şanlıurfa, Turkey |
| title_full | Farmers’ Willingness to Pay for Services to Ensure Sustainable Agricultural Income in the GAP-Harran Plain, Şanlıurfa, Turkey |
| title_fullStr | Farmers’ Willingness to Pay for Services to Ensure Sustainable Agricultural Income in the GAP-Harran Plain, Şanlıurfa, Turkey |
| title_full_unstemmed | Farmers’ Willingness to Pay for Services to Ensure Sustainable Agricultural Income in the GAP-Harran Plain, Şanlıurfa, Turkey |
| title_short | Farmers’ Willingness to Pay for Services to Ensure Sustainable Agricultural Income in the GAP-Harran Plain, Şanlıurfa, Turkey |
| title_sort | farmers willingness to pay for services to ensure sustainable agricultural income in the gap harran plain sanliurfa turkey |
| topic | sustainable agricultural income agricultural service provision WTP GAP-Harran Plain Şanlıurfa-Turkey |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/10/5/152 |
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