Willingness to pay of Nigerian poultry producers and feed millers for aflatoxin‐safe maize

Dietary aflatoxin exposure is a widespread problem in the developing world and causes severe negative health consequences to humans and livestock animals. A new biological control product, called Aflasafe, has been introduced in Nigeria to mitigate aflatoxin contamination of maize in the field and i...

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Autores principales: Johnson, A.M., Abdoulaye, Tahirou, Ayedun, B., Fulton, J.R., Widmar, N.J.O., Akande, A., Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit, Manyong, Victor
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Wiley 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/104023
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author Johnson, A.M.
Abdoulaye, Tahirou
Ayedun, B.
Fulton, J.R.
Widmar, N.J.O.
Akande, A.
Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit
Manyong, Victor
author_browse Abdoulaye, Tahirou
Akande, A.
Ayedun, B.
Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit
Fulton, J.R.
Johnson, A.M.
Manyong, Victor
Widmar, N.J.O.
author_facet Johnson, A.M.
Abdoulaye, Tahirou
Ayedun, B.
Fulton, J.R.
Widmar, N.J.O.
Akande, A.
Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit
Manyong, Victor
author_sort Johnson, A.M.
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description Dietary aflatoxin exposure is a widespread problem in the developing world and causes severe negative health consequences to humans and livestock animals. A new biological control product, called Aflasafe, has been introduced in Nigeria to mitigate aflatoxin contamination of maize in the field and in storage. No known prior work has estimated how much African agribusinesses using maize for animal feed will pay for aflatoxin‐safe maize. This study measured the levels of Aflasafe awareness, surveyed current aflatoxin management practices, and estimated, using choice experiments, willingness to pay (WTP) for aflatoxin‐safe maize by Nigerian poultry producers and feed millers. Data was gathered from 272 orally administered surveys, which included discrete choice experiments examining maize purchasing decisions. Results suggest that the proportion of enterprises that were aware of aflatoxin was found to vary across states. Two latent classes of Nigerian poultry producers and feed millers were identified that were willing to pay average premiums of 4.9% and 30.9%, respectively for maize with 10 parts per billion (ppb) aflatoxin concentration relative to maize with 20 ppb aflatoxin concentration. Both latent classes were, on average, willing to pay larger premiums for maize with 4 ppb aflatoxin concentration. There was evidence that latent class membership, and hence WTP, varied based on awareness of aflatoxin and across geographies.
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spelling CGSpace1040232025-11-11T10:30:04Z Willingness to pay of Nigerian poultry producers and feed millers for aflatoxin‐safe maize Johnson, A.M. Abdoulaye, Tahirou Ayedun, B. Fulton, J.R. Widmar, N.J.O. Akande, A. Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit Manyong, Victor aflatoxins poultry farmers maize livestock animals Dietary aflatoxin exposure is a widespread problem in the developing world and causes severe negative health consequences to humans and livestock animals. A new biological control product, called Aflasafe, has been introduced in Nigeria to mitigate aflatoxin contamination of maize in the field and in storage. No known prior work has estimated how much African agribusinesses using maize for animal feed will pay for aflatoxin‐safe maize. This study measured the levels of Aflasafe awareness, surveyed current aflatoxin management practices, and estimated, using choice experiments, willingness to pay (WTP) for aflatoxin‐safe maize by Nigerian poultry producers and feed millers. Data was gathered from 272 orally administered surveys, which included discrete choice experiments examining maize purchasing decisions. Results suggest that the proportion of enterprises that were aware of aflatoxin was found to vary across states. Two latent classes of Nigerian poultry producers and feed millers were identified that were willing to pay average premiums of 4.9% and 30.9%, respectively for maize with 10 parts per billion (ppb) aflatoxin concentration relative to maize with 20 ppb aflatoxin concentration. Both latent classes were, on average, willing to pay larger premiums for maize with 4 ppb aflatoxin concentration. There was evidence that latent class membership, and hence WTP, varied based on awareness of aflatoxin and across geographies. 2020-04 2019-10-10T08:51:36Z 2019-10-10T08:51:36Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/104023 en Open Access application/pdf Wiley Johnson, A.M., Abdoulaye, T., Ayedun, B., Fulton, J.R., Widmar, N.J.O., Adebowale, A., ... & Manyong, V. (2019). Willingness to pay of Nigerian poultry producers and feed millers for aflatoxin‐safe maize. Agribusiness, 1-19.
spellingShingle aflatoxins
poultry
farmers
maize
livestock
animals
Johnson, A.M.
Abdoulaye, Tahirou
Ayedun, B.
Fulton, J.R.
Widmar, N.J.O.
Akande, A.
Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit
Manyong, Victor
Willingness to pay of Nigerian poultry producers and feed millers for aflatoxin‐safe maize
title Willingness to pay of Nigerian poultry producers and feed millers for aflatoxin‐safe maize
title_full Willingness to pay of Nigerian poultry producers and feed millers for aflatoxin‐safe maize
title_fullStr Willingness to pay of Nigerian poultry producers and feed millers for aflatoxin‐safe maize
title_full_unstemmed Willingness to pay of Nigerian poultry producers and feed millers for aflatoxin‐safe maize
title_short Willingness to pay of Nigerian poultry producers and feed millers for aflatoxin‐safe maize
title_sort willingness to pay of nigerian poultry producers and feed millers for aflatoxin safe maize
topic aflatoxins
poultry
farmers
maize
livestock
animals
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/104023
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