Eliciting smallholder farmers’ tradeoffs and preferences on the attributes of climate smart agriculture in the breadbasket areas of Tanzania using a conjoint experiment method

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dc.contributor.authorMussa, Kassim R.
dc.contributor.authorSaria, Josephat A.
dc.contributor.authorKusiluka, Lughano J. M.
dc.contributor.authorJiwaji, Noorali T.
dc.contributor.authorGwambene, Brown
dc.contributor.authorPauline, Noah M.
dc.contributor.authorMsofe, Nangware K.
dc.contributor.authorTegeje, Juma A.
dc.contributor.authorMesso, Innocent
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-25T07:00:08Z
dc.date.available2023-08-25T07:00:08Z
dc.date.issued2015-11-13
dc.descriptionInternational Journal of Environmental Protection and Policy 2015; 3(6): pp. 188-193en_US
dc.description.abstractWhile policy and decision-makers are striving to enhance food security amidst maddening impacts of climate change, climate smart agriculture is thought of as a promising breakthrough for responding to climate change impacts in Tanzania and elsewhere in the world as it strives to increase food productivity; build resilience of agricultural systems to climate change impacts and reduce agricultural greenhouse gas emission. Studies show that agricultural sector is both, a cause and a victim of climate change. It significantly contributes greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. However, achieving climate change mitigation through agriculture without compromising food security is a huge policy and research challenge, some scientists say, it is practically impossible. This study sought to determine tradeoffs and preferences of smallholder farmers on the attributes climate smart agricultural practices, specifically modeling choices of smallholder farmers using choice experiment method. Upon estimating three different models, positive utilities were observed in high productivity, Moderate and low GHG emission as well as on moderate and high resilient farming systems. Smallholder farmers showed a complete disutility on low and moderate agricultural productivity, high GHG emission and low resilient farming systems. The models therefore justified the fact that, attaining more yield without a compromise in greenhouse gas emission reduction targets is a blue-sky dream. In order to concisely inform policy, more research on farmers’ preference and tradeoff on the attributes is needed to establish a scientific and logical progression about the tradeoffs people are willing to make with regard to the attributes of climate smart agriculture practices.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2330-7528
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/5669
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherScience Publishing Groupen_US
dc.subjectSmallholder Farmersen_US
dc.subjectPreference Modelingen_US
dc.subjectClimate Smart Agricultureen_US
dc.subjectChoice Experimenten_US
dc.titleEliciting smallholder farmers’ tradeoffs and preferences on the attributes of climate smart agriculture in the breadbasket areas of Tanzania using a conjoint experiment methoden_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.urlhttp://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/j/ijeppen_US

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