Small-scale farmers' willingness to adopt chemical-free inputs and engage in collaborative arrangements -A discrete choice experiment in Central Mexico

Sergio Colin, Adan Martinez-Cruz and Naim Manriquez
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Sergio Colin: Centro de Investigaciones Socioeconomicas
Naim Manriquez: Centro de Investigaciones Socioeconomicas

EconoQuantum, Revista de Economia y Finanzas, 2022, vol. 19, issue 2, 1-20

Abstract: Explore small-scale Mexican farmers' willingness to adopt chemical-free fertilizers and pesticides, and to engage in two collaborative arrangements. A discrete choice experiment has been designed based on two non-monetary attributes (use/no use of chemical inputs and two collaborative arragenments) and a monetary attribute (percentage change in price of crop that generates most of net revenues). Data has been analyzed with a two-class latent class logit specification. 60% of respondents is not willing to transition to a chemical-free input regime, is willing to receive management support from municipality, and is not interested in a shared insurance. On the opposite side of the preferences, 40% of respondents is willing to adopt chemical-free inputs, is not interested in management support, and is willing to participate in a shared insurance. Our sample is not nationally representative, and further studies are needed to corroborate and generalize our findings. This is the first study exploring whether preferences of small-scale farmers in Mexico align with Federal government’s goal of phasing out glyphosate. With 40% of small-scale farmers willing to adopt chemical-free inputs, if the Federal government wants to convice the other 60% of phasing out glyphosate, a possibility is to implement a slower strategy that starts with providing management support. Once management support is in place, and trust is gained, doors may open for a transition to chemical-free production regimes.

Keywords: Chemical-free inputs; collaborative arrangements; discrete choice experiment; latent class logit; small-scale farmers; Mexico. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q12 Q13 Q20 Q52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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