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dc.contributor.author | Van Oijstaeijen, Wito | - |
dc.contributor.author | VAN PASSEL, Steven | - |
dc.contributor.author | Cools, Jan | - |
dc.contributor.author | de Bisthoven, Luc Janssens | - |
dc.contributor.author | HUGE, Jean | - |
dc.contributor.author | Berihun, Daregot | - |
dc.contributor.author | Ejigu, Nega | - |
dc.contributor.author | Nyssen, Jan | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-12-15T09:27:29Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2020-12-15T09:27:29Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | - |
dc.date.submitted | 2020-12-14T11:45:32Z | - |
dc.identifier.citation | JOURNAL OF GREAT LAKES RESEARCH, 46 (5) , p. 1459 -1468 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/32920 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Lake Tana is the most important freshwater lake in Ethiopia. Besides pressures on water quality resulting from urbanization and deforestation, the invasion of the exotic water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) poses new threats to the ecosystem. Water hyacinth, endemic to South America, is widely considered as the world's worst aquatic invasive weed. In 2011, the weed appeared on the northern shores of Lake Tana, expanding in south-eastern direction. The lake area affected by water hyacinth was last estimated in 2015 at 34,500 ha, which equals 16% of the total lake surface. In this research, the benefits of water hyacinth control and eradication for the rural population inhabiting the northern and northeastern villages bordering Lake Tana, are investigated. In the area, the population largely depends on farming and fishing. An assessment of the total economic benefit of eradication was conducted. The stakeholder-centered approach led to measuring the willingness to contribute in labor and cash terms. Results showed smallholders in the study are willing to contribute over half-a-million euros annually. Costs of management actions can be weighed to the benefits, where further research is needed on the impact on other stakeholder groups. Moreover, wetland management should advance to explore multiple pathways in an integrated approach: water hyacinth control, water hyacinth utilization and sustainable waste water management. (C) 2020 International Association for Great Lakes Research. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. | - |
dc.description.sponsorship | The authors would like to thank the VLIR-UOS project for funding this research through Bahir Dar University-Institutional University Cooperation (BDU-IUC) program. Moreover, the authors acknowledge the financial support of the UNESCO MAB Programme and the Belgian Science Policy, within the frame of the EVAMAB project. This manuscript is one of the outputs of Work Packages B and D of the EVAMAB Project (Economic valuation of ecosystem services in Biosphere Reserves: testing effective rapid assessment methods in selected African Biosphere Reserves). The lead author, Van Oijstaeijen W., has received financial support for the research stay in the form of a VLIR-UOS Travel Grant and obtained a PhD fellowship strategic basic research by FWO under contract No 1S46420N. The authors would like to thank the associate editor and the reviewers for their thorough reviews and constructive feedback. | - |
dc.language.iso | en | - |
dc.publisher | ELSEVIER SCI LTD | - |
dc.subject.other | Invasive species | - |
dc.subject.other | Contingent valuation | - |
dc.subject.other | Lake Tana | - |
dc.subject.other | Socio-economic impact | - |
dc.subject.other | Willingness to contribute labor | - |
dc.subject.other | Willingness to pay | - |
dc.title | Farmers’ preferences towards water hyacinth control: A contingent valuation study | - |
dc.type | Journal Contribution | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 1468 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 5 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 1459 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 46 | - |
local.format.pages | 10 | - |
local.bibliographicCitation.jcat | A1 | - |
dc.description.notes | Van Oijstaeijen, W (corresponding author), Univ Antwerp, Dept Engn Management, Antwerp, Belgium. | - |
dc.description.notes | wito.vanoijstaeijen@uantwerpen.be | - |
dc.description.other | Van Oijstaeijen, W (corresponding author), Univ Antwerp, Dept Engn Management, Antwerp, Belgium. wito.vanoijstaeijen@uantwerpen.be | - |
local.publisher.place | THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, OXON, ENGLAND | - |
local.type.refereed | Refereed | - |
local.type.specified | Article | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.jglr.2020.06.009 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000579717900036 | - |
dc.contributor.orcid | Nyssen, Jan/0000-0002-2666-3860 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | - | |
local.provider.type | wosris | - |
local.uhasselt.uhpub | yes | - |
local.description.affiliation | [Van Oijstaeijen, Wito; Van Passel, Steven] Univ Antwerp, Dept Engn Management, Antwerp, Belgium. | - |
local.description.affiliation | [Cools, Jan] Univ Antwerp, Inst Environm & Sustainable Dev, Antwerp, Belgium. | - |
local.description.affiliation | [de Bisthoven, Luc Janssens; Huge, Jean] Royal Belgian Inst Nat Sci, CEBioS, Brussels, Belgium. | - |
local.description.affiliation | [Huge, Jean] Open Univ Netherlands, Fac Sci, Heerlen, Netherlands. | - |
local.description.affiliation | [Huge, Jean] Vrije Univ Brussel, Biol Dept, Brussels, Belgium. | - |
local.description.affiliation | [Huge, Jean] Hasselt Univ, Ctr Environm Sci, Hasselt, Belgium. | - |
local.description.affiliation | [Berihun, Daregot; Ejigu, Nega] Bahir Dar Univ, Dept Econ, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. | - |
local.description.affiliation | [Nyssen, Jan] Univ Ghent, Dept Geog, Ghent, Belgium. | - |
local.uhasselt.international | yes | - |
item.validation | ecoom 2021 | - |
item.contributor | Van Oijstaeijen, Wito | - |
item.contributor | VAN PASSEL, Steven | - |
item.contributor | Cools, Jan | - |
item.contributor | de Bisthoven, Luc Janssens | - |
item.contributor | HUGE, Jean | - |
item.contributor | Berihun, Daregot | - |
item.contributor | Ejigu, Nega | - |
item.contributor | Nyssen, Jan | - |
item.accessRights | Open Access | - |
item.fullcitation | Van Oijstaeijen, Wito; VAN PASSEL, Steven; Cools, Jan; de Bisthoven, Luc Janssens; HUGE, Jean; Berihun, Daregot; Ejigu, Nega & Nyssen, Jan (2020) Farmers’ preferences towards water hyacinth control: A contingent valuation study. In: JOURNAL OF GREAT LAKES RESEARCH, 46 (5) , p. 1459 -1468. | - |
item.fulltext | With Fulltext | - |
crisitem.journal.issn | 0380-1330 | - |
crisitem.journal.eissn | 0380-1330 | - |
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