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Determinants of Farmers’ Willingness to Pay for Agricultural Extension Services in South-Eastern Nigeria
Abstract
The study examined the determinants of farmers‘ willingness to pay for extension services in south-eastern Nigeria. The study was prompted by the inefficient and ineffective provision of extension services by the public extension services delivery. Data were collected with structured and validated questionnaire from 360 randomly selected farmers. Data were analyzed using mean perception scores, standard deviation and logistic regression model. The results showed that majority of the farmers (65%) were males. The result also revealed that such socio-economic variables like level of education, farm size, income and farming experience had a direct relationship to farmer‘s willingness to pay for extension services. The constraints identified by the study as serious issues for farmers willingness to pay for extension services included; free government extension services, scarcity of farm inputs, previous trainings received in agriculture by farmers and financial incapability. The study recommended that younger farmers with high levels of education, income and large farm sizes should be targeted for privatization of extension services.
Key words: Willingness to pay and Agricultural extension services
