An assessment of the factors influencing household willingness to pay for non-marketed benefit of cattle in the agro-pastoral systems of Mozambique | Zendy

Sokvibol Kea | Zendy; Cecilia Ritho | Zendy; Jonathan Makau Nzuma | Zendy; S. Moyo | Zendy; Mario Herrero | Zendy

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An assessment of the factors influencing household willingness to pay for non-marketed benefit of cattle in the agro-pastoral systems of Mozambique

Author(s) -

Sokvibol Kea,

Cecilia Ritho,

Jonathan Makau Nzuma,

S. Moyo,

Mario Herrero

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

african journal of agricultural research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1991-637X

DOI - 10.5897/ajar10.395

Subject(s) - pastoralism , willingness to pay , probit model , livelihood , household income , probit , livestock , herd , socioeconomics , multivariate probit model , ordered probit , agricultural science , business , agricultural economics , geography , economics , agriculture , veterinary medicine , biology , medicine , archaeology , forestry , econometrics , microeconomics

This study used Probit model to analyze factors influencing probability of household willingness to pay for non-marketed benefits (NBS) of cattle in Mozambique. The primary data from 184 agro-pastoralist households were collected using a structured questionnaire. Data collected comprised information relating to household demographic, household livelihoods and non-marketed benefits of cattle. The result showed that the probability of household willingness to pay (WTP) was influenced by both animal and household related characteristics. Animal related characteristics that had a significant influence on the probability of households WTP for NMB’s of cattle included: Animal age (ANAGE), herd size (HERDSIZE) and cattle breeds (INDBRED). Household related characteristics that had significant (p<0.05) influence on probability of household WTP for NMB’s of cattle, comprised: Dependant ratio (DEPRAT), household size (HHS), off-farm income (OFFINC) and distance to the market (DISTMK). As expected, however, the OFFINC had a negative influence on probability of household WTP for NMB’s of cattle. The study concluded that non-marketed benefits of cattle were highly valued among agro-pastoralist in Mabalane district and thus were willing to pay for them. Key words: Non-marketed benefits, cattle, probit, probability, households, willingness to pay.

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