Willingness to pay for improved irrigation water supply in the Uluguru mountains downstream in Morogoro, Tanzania
| dc.contributor.author | Mpiri,Aloyce | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-09-23T09:13:40Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-09-23T09:13:40Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2009 | |
| dc.description | Dissertation | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study attempts to determine the willingness to pay of downstream households under irrigation for improved irrigation water supply from protected Uluguru Mountains’ watersheds in the upstream. A total of four villages, under traditional irrigation system, and the other two under improved traditional irrigation system, were randomly and purposefully, selected for survey. Primary data were collected using Contingent Valuation method (CVM) by combining close-and open-ended question format. Excel and STATA 10.0 packages were employed in the analysis of descriptive and inferential data respectively. Paddy and tomatoes were the most grown crops under irrigation system while. banana and eggplants were the least grown crops under the system. Bid price and income from irrigated crops had the strongest negative and positive significant (P<0.01) relationship respectively, with WTP for improved irrigation water supply for both closeand open-ended question formats across the two micro-irrigation systems. It was also found out that the households, in the Uluguru downstream, would be willing to pay for improved irrigation water supply if the new fee ranged between TAS 14 545.95 and TAS 17 900.80 per household per year and aggregate WTP was TAS 78 519 038.00 per year for 5 398 households under irrigation systems. Majority of households across the two systems were aware of the presence of water governing institution, however, the institutions were rather weak. A few respondents, (21.3%) and (21.2%), believed that the association of irrigation farmers and village water committee respectively were at least performing well amongst water-governing institutions. Most of households, across the two systems, believed that the price of improved irrigation water supply should be volume-based and that water user association (WUA) should be given the mandate to collect the fee and manage water resources. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/7012 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Sokoine University of Agriculture | |
| dc.subject | Irrigation | |
| dc.subject | Water supply | |
| dc.subject | Uluguru Mountains | |
| dc.subject | Watersheds | |
| dc.title | Willingness to pay for improved irrigation water supply in the Uluguru mountains downstream in Morogoro, Tanzania | |
| dc.type | Thesis |