Estimating Smallholder Farmers’ Willingness to Pay for Sustainable Irrigation Water Use in North Western Ethiopia: A Contingent Valuation Method Study in <i>Gumara</i> Irrigation Project

<table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Willingness to pay</td><td class="align_center">Number</td><td class="align_center">Percent</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Willing</td><td class="align_center">283</td><td class="align_center">98.26</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Unwilling</td><td class="align_center">5</td><td class="align_center">1.74</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Total</td><td class="align_center">288</td><td class="align_center">100.00</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td><div>Source: survey data, 2020.<br/></div></td></tr></table>

<div>Respondents’ willingness-to-pay for the proposed sustainable irrigation project.</div>

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Table 3: Estimating Smallholder Farmers’ Willingness to Pay for Sustainable Irrigation Water Use in North Western Ethiopia: A Contingent Valuation Method Study in <i>Gumara</i> Irrigation Project 

Table 3 | Estimating Smallholder Farmers’ Willingness to Pay for Sustainable Irrigation Water Use in North Western Ethiopia: A Contingent Valuation Method Study in Gumara Irrigation Project 