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Assessment of willingness-to-pay for Aflasafe KE01, a native biological control product for aflatoxin management in Kenya

dc.contributor.authorMigwi, B.
dc.contributor.authorMutegi, C.
dc.contributor.authorMburu, J.
dc.contributor.authorWagacha, J.
dc.contributor.authorCotty, P.
dc.contributor.authorBandyopadhyay, R.
dc.contributor.authorManyong, V.M.
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-10T14:48:40Z
dc.date.available2021-03-10T14:48:40Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.citationMigwi, B., Mutegi, C., Mburu, J., Wagacha, J., Cotty, P., Bandyopadhyay, R. & Manyong, V.M. (2020). Assessment of willingness-to-pay for Aflasafe KE01, a native biological control product for aflatoxin management in Kenya. Food Additives & Contaminants: Part A, 37(11), 1951-1962.
dc.identifier.issn1944-0049
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/7075
dc.description.abstractContamination of key staples with aflatoxins compromises the quality of food and feed, impedes trade, and negatively affects the health of consumers whereas acute exposure can be fatal. This study used the Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) on a sample of 480 farmers in counties prone to aflatoxin contamination to assess the willingness to pay (WTP) by farmers for Aflasafe KE01, a promising biological control product for the management of aflatoxin contamination of key staples in Kenya, compare its cost with that of a similar product in use in Nigeria, and determine factors likely to affect its adoption. Four hundred and eighty households from four counties identified as aflatoxin hotspots in Kenya were purposively selected and interviewed using a semi-structured questionnaire. The mean WTP per kilogram of Aflasafe KE01, using Contingent Valuation Method in the four counties ranged from Kenya Shillings (Ksh) 113 to 152/kg compared to a cost of Ksh. 130/kg, the price of a similar product, AflasafeTM, in Nigeria. Factors that positively influenced farmers’ WTP included information from crop extension services and access to credit. To facilitate the adoption of Aflasafe KE01 or any other biocontrol product in Kenya and elsewhere, there is a need for increased education efforts through extension services to farmers about aflatoxins. Strategies to ensure that the biocontrol product is integrated into the credit scheme of the technological packages to farmers need to be considered.
dc.description.sponsorshipUnited States Agency for International Development
dc.description.sponsorshipWorld Bank
dc.description.sponsorshipBill & Melinda Gates Foundation
dc.format.extent1951-1962
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectAflatoxins
dc.subjectBiological Control
dc.subjectAflasafe
dc.subjectMaize
dc.subjectSubsaharan Africa
dc.subjectWillingness to Pay
dc.subjectContingent Valuation
dc.titleAssessment of willingness-to-pay for Aflasafe KE01, a native biological control product for aflatoxin management in Kenya
dc.typeJournal Article
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Health
cg.contributor.crpMaize
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Nairobi
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationUnited States Department of Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationOcean University of China
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEast Africa
cg.coverage.countryKenya
cg.coverage.hubEastern Africa Hub
cg.coverage.hubHeadquarters and Western Africa Hub
cg.researchthemePlant Production and Health
cg.researchthemeSocial Science and Agribusiness
cg.identifier.bibtexciteidMIGWI:2020
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.iitasubjectAflatoxin
cg.iitasubjectAgronomy
cg.iitasubjectDisease Control
cg.iitasubjectFood Security
cg.iitasubjectMaize
cg.iitasubjectPlant Breeding
cg.iitasubjectPlant Diseases
cg.iitasubjectPlant Production
cg.journalFood Additives and Contaminants: Part A
cg.notesOpen Access Article; Published online: 07 Oct 2020
cg.accessibilitystatusOpen Access
cg.reviewstatusPeer Review
cg.usagerightslicenseCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 0.0)
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19440049.2020.1817571
cg.iitaauthor.identifierCharity Mutegi: 0000-0002-3188-0480
cg.iitaauthor.identifierRanajit Bandyopadhyay: 0000-0003-2422-4298
cg.iitaauthor.identifierVictor Manyong: 0000-0003-2477-7132
cg.futureupdate.requiredNo


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