Preferences for Farmstead, Artisan, and Other Cheese Attributes: Evidence from a Conjoint Study in the Northeast United States

Wang, Qingbin; Thompson, Ethan; Parsons, Robert L.

doi:10.22004/ag.econ.204134

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“…The model parameters, β j , within the model, are estimated using maximum likelihood estimation (MLE). The parameter estimates provide a measure of utility associated with individual attributes that can be used to develop measures of the relative importance participants place on product-specific attributes, e.g., [19][20][21]. The relative importance of product attribute i is calculated as [13]…”

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Understanding Chile Pepper Consumers’ Preferences: A Discrete Choice Experiment

Lillywhite,

Robinson

2023

Agriculture

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U.S. per-capita chile consumption and foreign imports have increased over the last twenty years while domestic production has fallen. To maintain market share, U.S. chile producers must increase crop revenues and/or decrease production expenses. A better understanding of U.S. consumer preferences relative to chile attributes can provide direction for U.S. chile producers. This paper utilizes a discrete choice experiment within an online survey to gain insights into long-green chile pepper attributes desired by consumers. The results suggest that survey participants prefer fresh long-green chile produced in the United States. Participants also preferred milder long-green chile and value quality inspections. Organic production was preferred to hydroponically produced long-green chile, but a statistical difference between organic and other production practices was not observed. Understanding these preferences may allow producers to better position themselves to remain competitive in the long-green chile market.

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Understanding Chile Pepper Consumers’ Preferences: A Discrete Choice Experiment

Lillywhite,

Robinson

2023

Agriculture

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“…This estimation method is used to control for the farm size and management type which likely influence NMP preferences as well as WTA. WLS has been shown to be a robust estimation when assigned to subjects in conjoint analysis for categorical variables (Sanchez and Gil, 1997;Naes et al, 2001;Wang et al, 2015;Kaijie and Min, 2016). Using an Ordinary Least Squares model the assumption must hold that the errors unobserved errors are homoscedastic and normally distributed, the use of WLS attempts to address these concerns in model specification bias.…”

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Assessing Farmer Incentives for Transitioning Toward Sustainable Agriculture and Provisioning of Clean Water

Ryan

Shrum²,

Zia³

2022

Front. Water

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Farms are a major source of water pollution in the form of nutrient run off that cause harmful algal blooms and anoxia, both signs of deteriorating water quality. Current policies that incentivize the adoption of nutrient management practices (NMPs) are insufficient, especially as climate change increases the frequency and intensity of flooding. To evaluate the incentives of current policy designs, we implemented a conjoint analysis on survey data collected in the Missisquoi and Lamoille watersheds of Lake Champlain Basin in three waves (2013, 2015, 2020). Using panel and cross-sectional observations over the three waves, we investigate farmers' willingness to accept (WTA) payment for NMPs that improve soil health and reduce nutrient runoff. We identified farmers' WTA for the adoption of three NMPs, cover cropping, conservation tillage, and buffer strips. The approach quantifies gaps between the incentives offered by the current federal conservation programs and payments preferred by farmers as well as the relative importance of NMP attributes. The influence of the payments decreased over the course of the three survey waves, suggesting the characteristics of NMPs are driving farmers' preferences for them. Our analysis shows farmers WTA is 1.13–6 times higher than what existing incentive programs offer. The incentive gaps between WTA and the cheapest of NMPs offered by EQIP are $55.61 for tillage, $103.60 for cover crop and $37.62 for buffers. Designing policy instruments to reduce this gap, the federal programs and policies will be more effective at scaling up the adoption of NMPs by farmers as a tool for sustainable watershed management.

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Preferences for Farmstead, Artisan, and Other Cheese Attributes: Evidence from a Conjoint Study in the Northeast United States

Cited by 2 publications

References 15 publications

Understanding Chile Pepper Consumers’ Preferences: A Discrete Choice Experiment

Understanding Chile Pepper Consumers’ Preferences: A Discrete Choice Experiment

Assessing Farmer Incentives for Transitioning Toward Sustainable Agriculture and Provisioning of Clean Water

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