The use of continuous visual aid in the Best-Worst Method: an experiment with organic farmers in Paraguay

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dc.authoridEstepa-Mohedano, Lorenzo/0000-0002-2883-4280
dc.authoridFernandez Portillo, Luis Antonio/0000-0001-7152-5267
dc.authoridDEMIR, Gulay/0000-0002-3916-7639
dc.contributor.authorFernandez-Portillo, Luis A.
dc.contributor.authorEstepa-Mohedano, Lorenzo
dc.contributor.authorDemir, Guelay
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-26T18:05:21Z
dc.date.available2024-10-26T18:05:21Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.departmentSivas Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThe adoption of organic agriculture in developing countries is a complex decision, as it involves considering various factors. Multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) methods can be suitable for this type of decision, as evidenced in the literature. The Best-Worst Method (BWM) is an MCDA tool that has proven useful due to its simplicity and computational capability. This research aims to test the applicability of this method to a population with low levels of education and determine whether a questionnaire with a continuous visual aid, a slider, is more suitable than the standard questionnaire with digits. Moreover, it aims to ascertain which factors the consistency of the responses depends on. To achieve this, 217 farmers in Paraguay were surveyed, and the consistency of the results was measured. We found that the questionnaires with digits were more consistent. Then we investigated possible causes of these differences, observing that respondents with sliders tended to concentrate their responses more heavily on the extreme values of the scale (1 and 9). A regression analysis of the consistency values with respect to various socioeconomic variables found only a slight effect of total farm incomes to be significant. These results demonstrate the feasibility of using this sophisticated method in this type of population and suggest that using sliders is not advisable.
dc.description.sponsorshipAgencia Espaola de Cooperacin Internacional para el Desarrollo
dc.description.sponsorshipNo Statement Available
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10668-024-04648-9
dc.identifier.issn1387-585X
dc.identifier.issn1573-2975
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85187872641
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-024-04648-9
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12418/28956
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001183982900006
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relation.ispartofEnvironment Development and Sustainability
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subjectRural development
dc.subjectOrganic agriculture
dc.subjectMulti-criteria decision analysis (MCDA)
dc.subjectBest-Worst Method (BWM)
dc.subjectContinuous visual aid (slider)
dc.subjectDeveloping country
dc.titleThe use of continuous visual aid in the Best-Worst Method: an experiment with organic farmers in Paraguay
dc.typeArticle

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