Paying for Digital Information
Assessing Farmers' Willingness to Pay for a Digital Agriculture and Nutrition Service in Ghana
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4361447 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Melissa Hidrobo (0000-0003-2121-9522), Giordano Palloni, Daniel O Gilligan, Daniel Gilligan (0000-0002-3530-0148), Jenny C Aker (Tufts University), Natasha Ledlie (Results for Development Institute) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 70 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1367-1402 |
| Publication date | 2022-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Economic Development and Cultural Change (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0079 • E-ISSN: 1539-2988 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/713974 |
| OpenAlex | W3131464119 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 23 |
With the widespread growth of mobile phone coverage and adoption over the past decade, there has been considerable enthusiasm over the potential for information and communication technologies (ICTs) to provide a low-cost approach for farmers to overcome information constraints in agricultural initiatives. The commercial viability of ICTs relies on effective demand for these services. This paper assesses farmers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for a digital platform that provides nutrition-sensitive agricultural information in Ghana. Using the Becker-DeGroot-Marschak method to elicit WTP, we randomly vary the framing of the marketing for the service as well as the gender of the person targeted. We find that farmers are highly price sensitive, but most are willing to pay a low monthly price for the service. A nutrition-focused marketing message leads to higher WTP than an agriculture-only message, and women have substantially lower WTP than men, with the latter difference driven by lower WTP for the service among women who report access to alternative sources of nutrition, health, and agriculture information
Agricultural economics · Agriculture · Business · Economics · Mobile phone · Service (business) · Willingness to pay · Agricultural Innovations and Practices · Economic and Environmental Valuation · Innovation and Socioeconomic Development · Marketing
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| Citations per year | 0.32 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2007 - 2026 (20) |
| Highly cited | No |