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EconoQuantum
versão On-line ISSN 2007-9869versão impressa ISSN 1870-6622
Resumo
COLIN CASTILLO, Sergio; MANRIQUEZ GARCIA, Naím e MARTINEZ-CRUZ, Adan L.. Small-scale farmers’ willingness to adopt chemical-free inputs and engage in collaborative arrangements -A discrete choice experiment in Central Mexico. EconoQuantum [online]. 2022, vol.19, n.2, pp.1-20. Epub 02-Jun-2023. ISSN 2007-9869. https://doi.org/10.18381/eq.v19i2.7254.
Objetive:
Explore small-scale Mexican farmers’ willingness to adopt chemical-free fertilizers and pesticides, and to engage in two collaborative arrangements.
Methodology:
A discrete choice experiment has been designed based on two non-monetary attributes (use/no use of chemical inputs and two collaborative arrangements) 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.
Findings:
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.
Limitations:
Our sample is not nationally representative, and further studies are needed to corroborate and generalize our findings.
Contribution:
This is the first study exploring whether preferences of small-scale farmers in Mexico align with Federal government’s goal of phasing out glyphosate.
Conclusions:
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.
Palavras-chave : Chemical-free inputs; collaborative arrangements; discrete choice experiment; latent class logit; small-scale farmers; Mexico; Q13; Q52; Q20; Q12.