Market Feasibility of Faecal Sludge and Municipal Solid Waste-Based Compost as Measured by Farmers’ Willingness-to-Pay for Product Attributes: Evidence from Kampala, Uganda

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dc.contributor.authorDanso, George K.
dc.contributor.authorOtoo, Miriam
dc.contributor.authorEkere, William
dc.contributor.authorDdungu, Stanley
dc.contributor.authorMadurangi, Ganesha
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-25T13:25:58Z
dc.date.available2023-01-25T13:25:58Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractThere is a great potential to close the nutrient recycling loop, support a ‘circular economy’ and improve cost recovery within the waste sector and to create viable businesses via the conversion of waste to organic fertilizers. Successful commercialization of waste-based organic fertilizer businesses however largely depends on a sound market. We used a choice experiment to estimate farmers’ willingness-to-pay (WTP) for faecal sludge and municipal solid waste-based (FSM) compost in Kampala, Uganda and considered three attributes—fortification, pelletization and certification. Our results reveal that farmers are willing to pay for FSM compost and place a higher value on a ‘certified’ compost product. They are willing to pay US $0.4 per kg above the current market price for a similar certified product, which is 67 times higher than the cost of providing the attribute. Farmers are willing to pay US $0.127 per kg for ‘pelletized’ FSM compost, which is lower (0.57 times) than the cost of providing the attribute. On the other hand, farmers require US $0.089 per kg as a compensation to use ‘fortified’ FSM compost. We suggest that future FSM compost businesses focus on a ‘certified and pelletized’ FSM product as this product type has the highest production cost–WTP differential and for which future businesses can capture the highest percentage of the consumer surplus. The demand for FSM compost indicates the benefits that can accrue to farmers, businesses and the environment from the recycling of organic waste for agriculture.en_US
dc.identifier.citationDanso, G. K., Otoo, M., Ekere, W., Ddungu, S., & Madurangi, G. (2017). Market feasibility of faecal sludge and municipal solid waste-based compost as measured by farmers’ willingness-to-pay for product attributes: Evidence from Kampala, Uganda. Resources, 6(3), 31. doi:10.3390/resources6030031en_US
dc.identifier.other10.3390/resources6030031
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/7220
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherresourcesen_US
dc.subjectFaecal sludgeen_US
dc.subjectMunicipal solidwasteen_US
dc.subjectComposten_US
dc.subjectInformational attributesen_US
dc.subjectWillingness-to-payen_US
dc.subjectChoice experimenten_US
dc.subjectLatent class modelsen_US
dc.titleMarket Feasibility of Faecal Sludge and Municipal Solid Waste-Based Compost as Measured by Farmers’ Willingness-to-Pay for Product Attributes: Evidence from Kampala, Ugandaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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