Abstract:
Because seed demand in African farming communities is associated with chronic poverty, this research sought to elicit seed
attribute preferences among resource-poor farmers by utilizing recent advances in best-worst scaling. The study focuses on
farmers within and outside intervention sites of the National Special Food Security Programme (NSFSP) in Sokoto and
Kebbi States, northern Nigeria. Based on previous literature related to seed attribute preferences, a list of seven seed
attributes was compiled. Results reveal that on average the seed attribute of price and channel of delivery were the most
important to resource-poor farmers, whereas the attributes of origin, color of seed, size followed by environmental impact
were among the least important. Mixed logit estimation results indicate that price, channel of seed delivery, origin, and seed
type estimates are statistically significant both within and outside the National food security project in the study locations.
