Pesticides and farmer health in Nicaragua

A willingness-to-pay approach to evaluation

verfasst von

Hildegard Garming, Hermann Waibel

Abstract

A contingent valuation approach to assess the health effects of chemical pesticides among Nicaraguan vegetable farmers is presented. Farmers' valuation of health is measured as their willingness to pay (WTP) for low-toxicity pesticides. Results show that farmers are willing to spend an additional amount of about 28% of current pesticide expenditure for avoiding health risks. The validity of results is established in scope tests and with a two-step regression model. WTP depends on farmers' experience with poisoning, income variables, and current exposure to pesticides. The results can help in designing rural health policies and in the formulation of programmes aiming to reduce the negative effects of pesticides.

Organisationseinheit(en)

Institut für Entwicklungs- und Agrarökonomik

Typ

Artikel

Journal

European Journal of Health Economics

Band

10

Seiten

125-133

Anzahl der Seiten

9

ISSN

1618-7598

Publikationsdatum

03.06.2008

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Volkswirtschaftslehre, Ökonometrie und Finanzen (sonstige), Health policy

Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung

SDG 3 – Gute Gesundheit und Wohlergehen

Elektronische Version(en)

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-008-0110-9 (Zugang: Geschlossen)