Does greater food safety consciousness benefit smallholder dairy farmers? Evidence from Nepal
Food quality and safety have been the central issues of food economics and are considered among the most important food attributes. However, evidence of the impact of food safety consciousness on consumers' food purchasing behavior is limited. This paper studies the impact of food safety consciousne...
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| author | Thapa, Ganesh B. Kumar, Anjani Roy, Devesh Joshi, Pramod Kumar |
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| description | Food quality and safety have been the central issues of food economics and are considered among the most important food attributes. However, evidence of the impact of food safety consciousness on consumers' food purchasing behavior is limited. This paper studies the impact of food safety consciousness on weekly milk expenditure, milk price paid, milk quantity purchased, and the probability of purchasing milk from modern market outlets in Nepal. We conducted dairy consumer survey in four selected districts of the country and employed an instrumental variable regression and quantile instrumental variable to estimate the heterogeneous treatment effects. The results suggest that education, income, and social network are the major factors that positively influence food safety consciousness. An increase in the food safety consciousness level by 1% increases the weekly milk expenditure, milk price paid, and weekly milk purchased by 1.37%, 0.66%, and 1.27%, respectively. Furthermore, we found that an increase in food safety consciousness by 1% is associated with a 37% higher probability of selecting a modern milk outlet. At higher levels of food safety consciousness, female-headed households are significantly more likely to purchase milk from modern outlets in comparison to male-headed households. Our findings imply that increasing food safety consciousness is likely to improve food security (through more consumption of milk and other healthy food) and the welfare of smallholder dairy farmers (through increased milk demand and higher milk prices paid by consumers). |
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| spelling | CGSpace1467932025-11-06T06:28:30Z Does greater food safety consciousness benefit smallholder dairy farmers? Evidence from Nepal Thapa, Ganesh B. Kumar, Anjani Roy, Devesh Joshi, Pramod Kumar dairy farming milk capacity development food safety smallholders consumer attitudes Food quality and safety have been the central issues of food economics and are considered among the most important food attributes. However, evidence of the impact of food safety consciousness on consumers' food purchasing behavior is limited. This paper studies the impact of food safety consciousness on weekly milk expenditure, milk price paid, milk quantity purchased, and the probability of purchasing milk from modern market outlets in Nepal. We conducted dairy consumer survey in four selected districts of the country and employed an instrumental variable regression and quantile instrumental variable to estimate the heterogeneous treatment effects. The results suggest that education, income, and social network are the major factors that positively influence food safety consciousness. An increase in the food safety consciousness level by 1% increases the weekly milk expenditure, milk price paid, and weekly milk purchased by 1.37%, 0.66%, and 1.27%, respectively. Furthermore, we found that an increase in food safety consciousness by 1% is associated with a 37% higher probability of selecting a modern milk outlet. At higher levels of food safety consciousness, female-headed households are significantly more likely to purchase milk from modern outlets in comparison to male-headed households. Our findings imply that increasing food safety consciousness is likely to improve food security (through more consumption of milk and other healthy food) and the welfare of smallholder dairy farmers (through increased milk demand and higher milk prices paid by consumers). 2019-04-16 2024-06-21T09:08:46Z 2024-06-21T09:08:46Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146793 en https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133518 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133672 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133684 https://doi.org/10.1017/aae.2020.14 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Thapa, Ganesh; Kumar, Anjani; Roy, Devesh; and Joshi, Pramod Kumar. 2019. Does greater food safety consciousness benefit smallholder dairy farmers? Evidence from Nepal. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1824. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146793 |
| spellingShingle | dairy farming milk capacity development food safety smallholders consumer attitudes Thapa, Ganesh B. Kumar, Anjani Roy, Devesh Joshi, Pramod Kumar Does greater food safety consciousness benefit smallholder dairy farmers? Evidence from Nepal |
| title | Does greater food safety consciousness benefit smallholder dairy farmers? Evidence from Nepal |
| title_full | Does greater food safety consciousness benefit smallholder dairy farmers? Evidence from Nepal |
| title_fullStr | Does greater food safety consciousness benefit smallholder dairy farmers? Evidence from Nepal |
| title_full_unstemmed | Does greater food safety consciousness benefit smallholder dairy farmers? Evidence from Nepal |
| title_short | Does greater food safety consciousness benefit smallholder dairy farmers? Evidence from Nepal |
| title_sort | does greater food safety consciousness benefit smallholder dairy farmers evidence from nepal |
| topic | dairy farming milk capacity development food safety smallholders consumer attitudes |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146793 |
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