Author
Kolady, Deepthi
Consumption of Sustainable Meat and Meat Alternatives
By Kolady, Deepthi; Thapaliya, Pramisha; Dumre, Amrit; Motallebi, Marzieh; Alhassan, Mustapha; Van der Sluis, Evert
This study uses choice experiment data to explore the role of program attributes and farmer characteristics in explaining differences in farmers’ behavior toward carbon payment programs. Results show that most farmers in the study prefer the status quo over carbon payment programs for switching to carbon-sequestering conservation practices. Farmers have negative preferences toward contract length and positive preferences toward government or not-for-profit organizations as governing entities. Besides program attributes, farmers’ climate consciousness and adverse weather experiences influence their choices and willingness to accept carbon payments. The results suggest the potential for targeting carbon payments to specific groups of farmers.
Using bivariate ordered logit models, we investigate factors that determine farmers’ perceptions of cover-crop profitability and likelihood of future usage in the climate transition zone of the Northern Great Plains. Our results indicate that approximately 40% of long-term (10+ years) users perceived a profit increase of more than 5%. Additionally, future adoption decisions are positively affected by environment-oriented attitudes and negatively affected by prioritizing short-term profitability. More efforts can be directed toward educational programs that enhance understanding of the short- versus long-term economic benefits of cover crops.