Stated panel choices by 98 dairy farmers in Mejia, Ecuador. Each farmer completed four choice tasks with two conservation plans and a status quo. The data have 1176 rows in long format.
This data can be used to model the choice between two water-conservation plans and the status quo based on irrigation, manure and waste management, training, cost-share payment, farm size, milk production, and cattle density.
Format
A tibble with 1176 rows and 12 columns:
- farmer [
integer] The farmer identifier.
- occasion [
integer] The choice occasion from 1 to 4.
- alternative [
character] Plan 1, plan 2, or the status quo.
- choice [
integer] Whether the alternative was chosen.
- irrigation [
factor] No new system, micro-sprinklers, or solid rain.
- manure [
factor] No new practice, composting, or dispersion.
- waste [
factor] No new practice, a collection center, or a municipal container.
- training [
logical] Whether training for water conflict resolution and cooperation is offered.
- payment [
numeric] The cost-share payment in US dollars per hectare.
- farm_size [
numeric] The farm size in hectares.
- milk_production [
numeric] The daily milk production in liters.
- cattle_density [
numeric] The number of cattle per hectare.
Source
Adapted from the Mendeley Data source doi:10.17632/ncj6ws6hbj.1 . The source data are licensed under CC BY 4.0.
References
Ortiz CA, Avila-Santamaría JJ, Martinez-Cruz AL (2023). “Dairy farmers' willingness to adopt cleaner production practices for water conservation: A discrete choice experiment in Mejia, Ecuador.” Agricultural Water Management, 278, 108168. doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2023.108168 .