Willingness to Pay (WTP) for an Improved Environmental Quality in Ebonyi State, Nigeria
| Autor: | Festus Ugwuoke Agbo, Christian Nwofoke, Sylvia Chinasa Onyenekwe |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Waste management
business.industry 05 social sciences food and beverages Environmental pollution Husk Incineration Product (business) Agricultural science Willingness to pay Agriculture 0502 economics and business 050202 agricultural economics & policy 050207 economics business Environmental quality Waste disposal |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Environmental Protection. :131-140 |
| ISSN: | 2152-2219 2152-2197 |
| DOI: | 10.4236/jep.2017.82011 |
| Popis: | Increasing generation of rice husk requires better quality disposal options in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. The common practice has been incineration or dumping into dumpsite. The enormous heaps of these rice husks which have piled up since the 1960s now constitute nuisance. Removal of this rice husk from the environment is urgently needed because of the environmental pollution and health hazards it poses to the people and the environs. This study estimates the willingness to pay (WTP) for improved waste disposal services. Findings indicated that about 95% (152) of the households were willing to pay for removal of rice husk waste with an average amount of N957. Factors that positively affected WTP for the removal of rice husk from the environment include annual income (0.001), years of education (0.013), farm size (0.051), age (0.025) and farming experience (0.008), while household size (0.003) and distances of homes/farms from rice mill centers (RMCs) (0.001) were inversely related to WTP with the R2 value of 77%. About 90% (144) of the respondents generated rice husk with an average of 23 bags (kg). The study therefore recommends among others that through the help of extension agents, the general public should be informed on the need for waste recycling and the need for attitudinal change towards recycled product. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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