Economic Valuation of Walnut Dust Damage on the Agricultural Sector: A review

Subject Areas : Reduction of waste

Alireza keikha ¹ , Vahid Pourmardan ² , Hossein Janparvar ³

1 - Assistant Professor، Department of Agricultural Economics، Zabol University، Zabol، Iran
2 - PhD Student، Environmental Economics and Natural Resources، Zabol University، Zabol، Iran
3 - PhD Student، Environmental Economics and Natural Resources، Zabol University، Zabol، Iran

Received: 2022-01-16 Accepted : 2022-04-02 Published : 2022-02-20

Keywords: Willingness to pay, conditional valuation, dust,

Abstract :

The dust has become one of the most dominant environmental crises in some parts of the world especially in Sistan and Nimrooz in recent decades due to the increase in severity, duration and frequency of its occurrence. This study aims to evaluate the economic damage of the dust on the agricultural sector in Nimrooz city through the assessing of its impact on the agricultural sector. To collect required data, a questionnaires were developed in which not only some questions of people's willingness to pay for their support and protection to deal with dust were included but also a number of questions about their demographic characteristics were added. After data gathering step, we use Logistic regression model and perform the model by the maximum likelihood approach. The results showed that 82% of the surveyed people have shown some willing to pay to deal with dust damage. The average willingness to pay is 377060 Rial per month. The results also showed that the dust is the most important problem for the residents of Nimrooz city and most people in the region. They also want to actively participate in controlling dust besides their willingness to pay. In this regard, it is suggested that due to the importance and participation of people in dust control, policy makers use the results of this study for better planning to control dust pollution