Farmers' Willingness to Pay for Establishing a Collective Postharvest Refrigeration Unit

One-third of crops harvested globally is lost due to inadequate or lack of postharvest storage facilities. This paper explores farmers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for a common refrigeration unit to reduce postharvest losses in the Bekaa valley, a Lebanese breadbasket. Using the contingent valuation (...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Amani Maalouf, Ali Chalak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thomas A. Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems 2019-07-01
Series:Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
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Online Access:https://foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fsj/article/view/715