A HEDONIC MODEL OF RICE TRAITS: ECONOMIC VALUES FROM FARMERS IN WEST AFRICA
| dc.creator | Dalton, Timothy J. | |
| dc.date | 2017-04-01T17:27:36Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-09T03:52:26Z | |
| dc.description | New crop varieties often have been promoted in developing countries based upon superior yield vis-a-vis locally available varieties. This research presents a hedonic model for upland rice by drawing upon the input characteristics and consumer good characteristics model literature. Model specification tests determine that a combination of production and consumption characteristics best explains the willingness to pay for new upland rice varieties. This non-separable household model specification determined that four traits explain the willingness to pay for new rice varieties: plant cycle length, plant height, grain elongation/swelling and tenderness. Yield was not significant explanatory variable for the willingness to pay for seed. The implications of this model are two-fold. First, varietal development and promotion must include post-harvest characteristics in addition to production traits when determining which varieties to promote for official release. Secondly, non-yield production characteristics such as plant height and cycle length are significant factors in producers' assessments of the value of a new variety. Overall, this paper provides an alternative explanation for limited adoption of modern upland rice varieties in West Africa: varietal evaluation programs have focused too narrowly on yield evaluation and have not promoted varieties with superior non-yield characteristics than locally available varieties. | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.22004/ag.econ.25804 | |
| dc.identifier | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/25804/files/cp03da01.pdf | |
| dc.identifier | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/25804 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/541218 | |
| dc.language | eng | |
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| dc.source | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/25804 | |
| dc.title | A HEDONIC MODEL OF RICE TRAITS: ECONOMIC VALUES FROM FARMERS IN WEST AFRICA | |
| dc.type | Text |