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="tab6"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="6"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Variable</td><td class="align_center">Obs.</td><td class="align_center">Mean</td><td class="align_center">Std. Dev.</td><td class="align_center">Min</td><td class="align_center">Max</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="6"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Maximum willingness to pay</td><td class="align_center">288</td><td class="align_center">926.059</td><td class="align_center">639.842</td><td class="align_center">0</td><td class="align_center">3000</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="6"><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>Households’ minimum, maximum, and mean willingness to pay for better irrigation water.</div>

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Table 6: 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 6 | Estimating Smallholder Farmers’ Willingness to Pay for Sustainable Irrigation Water Use in North Western Ethiopia: A Contingent Valuation Method Study in Gumara Irrigation Project 