Understanding demand for broken rice and its potential food security implications in Colombia
Rice is a crucial contributor to global food security and is an important staple for over half the world's population. Irrigated paddy rice is a water-intensive crop, and an important contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. Thus, improving the efficiency of using rice as food rather than non-food u...
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| author | Phillips, Juliann Durand-Morat, Alvaro Nalley, Lawton L. Graterol Matute, Eduardo Jose Bonatti, Michelle Loaiza de la Pava, Katerine Urioste, Sergio Yang, Wei |
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| description | Rice is a crucial contributor to global food security and is an important staple for over half the world's population. Irrigated paddy rice is a water-intensive crop, and an important contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. Thus, improving the efficiency of using rice as food rather than non-food uses is paramount to sustainably feeding a growing global population. One source of inefficiency in the rice market is using broken rice for non-food purposes. This study focuses on consumer preferences for rice with different broken percentages in Colombia. We used a mixed-method approach to ascertain the stated (experimental setting) and revealed (using samples that consumers independently purchased in a market) willingness to pay for broken rice to assess whether the rice market in Colombia efficiently prices rice quality. The findings highlight that consumers are aware of quality differences and are willing to pay a premium for rice with a low broken percentage, but also point to potential inefficiencies given that the willingness to pay estimates from both the two methods are statistically different. We find that the discount revealed in the market is significantly higher than that stated experimentally, which can have implications for pricing rice based on quality. Both methods found consumers were willing to pay a premium for rice under 10% broken, but beyond that threshold, there were no differences in willingness to pay. The Colombian rice industry and policymakers can use these findings to make the domestic rice market more responsive to the revealed preferences of consumers, which could have significant consequences for food security and sustainability. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1359392025-12-08T09:54:28Z Understanding demand for broken rice and its potential food security implications in Colombia Phillips, Juliann Durand-Morat, Alvaro Nalley, Lawton L. Graterol Matute, Eduardo Jose Bonatti, Michelle Loaiza de la Pava, Katerine Urioste, Sergio Yang, Wei consumer behaviour food security broken rice consumer attitudes Rice is a crucial contributor to global food security and is an important staple for over half the world's population. Irrigated paddy rice is a water-intensive crop, and an important contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. Thus, improving the efficiency of using rice as food rather than non-food uses is paramount to sustainably feeding a growing global population. One source of inefficiency in the rice market is using broken rice for non-food purposes. This study focuses on consumer preferences for rice with different broken percentages in Colombia. We used a mixed-method approach to ascertain the stated (experimental setting) and revealed (using samples that consumers independently purchased in a market) willingness to pay for broken rice to assess whether the rice market in Colombia efficiently prices rice quality. The findings highlight that consumers are aware of quality differences and are willing to pay a premium for rice with a low broken percentage, but also point to potential inefficiencies given that the willingness to pay estimates from both the two methods are statistically different. We find that the discount revealed in the market is significantly higher than that stated experimentally, which can have implications for pricing rice based on quality. Both methods found consumers were willing to pay a premium for rice under 10% broken, but beyond that threshold, there were no differences in willingness to pay. The Colombian rice industry and policymakers can use these findings to make the domestic rice market more responsive to the revealed preferences of consumers, which could have significant consequences for food security and sustainability. 2024-03 2023-12-26T15:37:39Z 2023-12-26T15:37:39Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/135939 en Open Access application/pdf Elsevier Phillips, J.; Durand-Morat, A.; Nalley, L.L.; Graterol, E.; Bonatti, M.; Loaiza de la Pava, K.; Urioste, S.; Yang, W. (2023) Understanding demand for broken rice and its potential food security implications in Colombia. Journal of Agriculture and Food Research 15: 100884. ISSN: 2666-1543 |
| spellingShingle | consumer behaviour food security broken rice consumer attitudes Phillips, Juliann Durand-Morat, Alvaro Nalley, Lawton L. Graterol Matute, Eduardo Jose Bonatti, Michelle Loaiza de la Pava, Katerine Urioste, Sergio Yang, Wei Understanding demand for broken rice and its potential food security implications in Colombia |
| title | Understanding demand for broken rice and its potential food security implications in Colombia |
| title_full | Understanding demand for broken rice and its potential food security implications in Colombia |
| title_fullStr | Understanding demand for broken rice and its potential food security implications in Colombia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Understanding demand for broken rice and its potential food security implications in Colombia |
| title_short | Understanding demand for broken rice and its potential food security implications in Colombia |
| title_sort | understanding demand for broken rice and its potential food security implications in colombia |
| topic | consumer behaviour food security broken rice consumer attitudes |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/135939 |
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