TY  - JOUR
T1  - Evaluating Farmers` Willingness to Adopt Integrated Packages for Trypanosomosis Control in The Gambia: Application of Demand Revealing Mechanisms
AU - , 13Jacques Somda AU - , 2Mulumba Kamuanga AU - , 3Eric Tollens 
JO  - Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences
VL  - 2
IS  - 3
SP  - 211
EP  - 220
PY  - 2004
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1683-8831
DO  - pjssci.2004.211.220
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=pjssci.2004.211.220
KW  - 
AB  - Community participation in tsetse and trypanosomes control constitutes a focal point in most donors-sponsored initiatives. This shift in the approach to eradicating trypanosomosis calls for a close look at the underlying incentive structure for individuals in a community to cooperate in agreements to provide various control methods. This study applies a demand revealing mechanism to assess factors influencing decision-making of smallholder farmers with regards to tsetse and/or trypanosomes control. The results show that farmer`s resources and perception about the efficacy of the traponocidal drugs are important factors. Farmers are also more willing to invest in vector control techniques than parasite control, although the latter is currently widely used. They are also more willing to contribute within a community-based organization than individually. The paper concludes on the potentials of the demand revealing mechanism over the contingent valuation techniques when assessing semi-public goods with market price.
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