04118nas a2200433 a 4500 20260819090801.0 170220s2015 th uu|m rtt 0| a1eng d .b12179255 AIT Thesis no.WM-15-08 Lynrah, Saman Roibha Willingness of farmers to change their production practices : a choice experiment approach Pathum Thani, Thailand : Asian Institute of Technology, 2015 90 leaves : ill. (some col.) Thesis ; no. WM-15-08 A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters in Water Engineering and Management Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2015 The article examines farmers{u2019} preferences for rice production practices. The results of a choice experiment (CE) survey with 109 farmers in the Ri-Bhoi District of Meghalaya, India are presented. A choice task was conducted whereby five alternatives were presented to the farmers. The first two alternatives are related to the SRI and ICM Technology of rice production, the third and forth alternatives are the recommended practices by the States{u2019} Agriculture Department and Farmers{u2019} Practices, respectively and finally the fifth alternative is the opt-out alternative, whereby the farmers are not forced to choose an unsatisfactory option. The farmers chose alternatives based on their attributes and levels. The objectives of the study are to examine the factors influencing farmers in choosing an alternative production method and more environmental friendly practices and perform trade-off analysis to study the trade-offs they are willing to make with yield in adopting other attributes. The influence of socio-economicfactors in technology adoption is also presented. The results show that the farmers of this region are very attached to the indigenous rice varieties and are not willing to adopt new rice varieties introduced to them. The farmers do not value water savings technologies as irrigation water is free in this region. The trade-off analysis shows that they are willing to lose some quantity of yield in order to keep their indigenous varieties. They are also willing to utilize more water and invest more money withnew technologies to gain more yield. However, they are willing to lose some quantity of yield in order to reduce the risk levels. Furthermore, the socio-economic factors like the age, area of land, number of farming experience years, status of education, gender, ownership status of the land are all significant and play some role in technology adoption in this study. Rice India Farmers India Jourdain, Damien chairperson Shrestha, Sangam Examination Committee Kumar, Prabhat Examination Committee AIT Fellowship Scholarship donor Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. WM-15-08 Full-Text http://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B04398 .b12179255 mnait m 240422 0 170220 m a m 0 000:001:PDF:b1217925:002958:0:0:0:0:0:0 Abstract n mnait mnait mnarc 20 40 Barcode : 30050120342943 CREATED : 2017-02-20 RECORD # : i13067850 LPATRON : 1027755 LCHKIN : 2018-04-23 # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 1 TOT CHKOUT : 2 TOT RENEW : 2 Barcode : 30050120342950 CREATED : 2017-02-20 RECORD # : i13067862 LPATRON : 1021871 LCHKIN : 2019-05-27 # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 2 TOT CHKOUT : 5 TOT RENEW : 1 Barcode : 30050120229801 CREATED : 2018-01-17 RECORD # : i13114414 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 129192 129192 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-19 50.00 0 AIT Thesis no.WM-15-08 30050120342943 2026-08-19 09:08:01 1 2026-08-19 20 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-19 50.00 0 AIT Thesis no.WM-15-08 30050120342950 2026-08-19 09:08:01 2 2026-08-19 20 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnarc 2026-08-19 0 AIT Thesis no.WM-15-08 30050120229801 2026-08-19 09:08:01 2026-08-19 40