Abstract:
This study was conducted to explore the household's willingness to pay (WTP) for soil
conservation practices in Gobu Seyo district Oromia National Regional State of Ethiopia. In this
study, multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select 3 sample peasant associations (PAs)
and 238 specific sample farm households. Data collection was conducted from September to
October 2015. The objective were to explore the amount of labour, the household's (HHs) would
be willing to contribute for soil conservation practices and the factors affecting their willingness
to contribute the labour. The result pertaining the mean value of WTP for soil conservation
practices from sample households were willing to contribute 25.39 man days labor per year. The
results obtained through Bivariate Probit to examine factors affecting mean willingness to pay,
showed that HHs heads of education level, total income of the household, perception on
productivity decline and access to credit were significantly and positively affects while distance
to development centers, livestock in tropical live stock unit and initial bid were significantly and
negatively affects willingness to pay for soil conservation practices. As policy implications, an
effort would be needed to strengthen literacy, increase farmers awareness about the importance
of conservation practices and credit facilities, increase numbers of extension office to minimize
the time of farmers to contact extension workers.
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