000 04118nas a2200433 a 4500
005 20260819090801.0
008 170220s2015 th uu|m rtt 0| a1eng d
035 _a.b12179255
099 9 _aAIT Thesis no.WM-15-08
100 1 _aLynrah, Saman Roibha
245 1 0 _aWillingness of farmers to change their production practices :
_ba choice experiment approach
260 _aPathum Thani, Thailand :
_bAsian Institute of Technology,
_c2015
300 _a90 leaves :
_bill. (some col.)
490 1 _aThesis ;
_vno. WM-15-08
500 _aA thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters in Water Engineering and Management
502 _aThesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2015
520 _aThe 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.
650 0 _aRice
_zIndia
650 0 _aFarmers
_zIndia
700 1 _aJourdain, Damien
_echairperson
700 1 _aShrestha, Sangam
_eExamination Committee
700 1 _aKumar, Prabhat
_eExamination Committee
710 2 _aAIT Fellowship
_eScholarship donor
810 2 _aAsian Institute of Technology.
_tThesis ;
_vno. WM-15-08
856 _3Full-Text
_uhttp://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B04398
907 _a.b12179255
_bmnait
_cm
902 _a240422
998 _b0
_c170220
_dm
_ea
_fm
_g0
962 _a000:001:PDF:b1217925:002958:0:0:0:0:0:0
_tAbstract
_vn
945 _lmnait
945 _lmnait
945 _lmnarc
942 _c20
942 _c40
909 _aBarcode : 30050120342943
_bCREATED : 2017-02-20
_cRECORD # : i13067850
_dLPATRON : 1027755
_eLCHKIN : 2018-04-23
_f# RENEWALS : 0
_g# OVERDUE : 0
_hIUSE3 : 1
_iTOT CHKOUT : 2
_jTOT RENEW : 2
909 _aBarcode : 30050120342950
_bCREATED : 2017-02-20
_cRECORD # : i13067862
_dLPATRON : 1021871
_eLCHKIN : 2019-05-27
_f# RENEWALS : 0
_g# OVERDUE : 0
_hIUSE3 : 2
_iTOT CHKOUT : 5
_jTOT RENEW : 1
909 _aBarcode : 30050120229801
_bCREATED : 2018-01-17
_cRECORD # : i13114414
_dLPATRON : 0
_eLCHKIN : -
_f# RENEWALS : 0
_g# OVERDUE : 0
_hIUSE3 : 0
_iTOT CHKOUT : 0
_jTOT RENEW : 0
999 _c129192
_d129192