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Payment Experiment for Modification of Farm Practices: A case of rice residue burning in Nepal

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  • Pant, Krishna Prasad

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Open-field burning of agricultural residues emits smoke, black carbon and green-house gases and drifts large proportions of plant nutrients. A payment experiment was conducted with 317 willing farmers from 18 villages in rural Nepal. Out of them 167 farmers, who quoted below a cutoff point participated in the experiment and their straw burning activity, were kept under observation. Over 86% of them respected the agreement and got paid. The results revealed that the farmers’ average willingness to accept to avoid the field burning of rice straw was Rs 5592/ ha. Technological interventions and policy measures are suggested for avoiding the burning.

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  • Pant, Krishna Prasad, 2012. "Payment Experiment for Modification of Farm Practices: A case of rice residue burning in Nepal," 2012 Conference, August 18-24, 2012, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil 126195, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:iaae12:126195
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.126195
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    1. Pannell, David J. & Llewellyn, Rick S. & Corbeels, Marc, 2013. "The farm-level economics of conservation agriculture for resource-poor farmers," Working Papers 166526, University of Western Australia, School of Agricultural and Resource Economics.

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