Consumer choice of dry common beans in Malawi: The case of Lilongwe City
Considering the potential of grain legumes for reducing hunger and malnutrition, this paper aims at identifying factors shaping demand for and consumption of dry common bean from a consumer’s perspective. Understanding and addressing these factors has potential to increase common bean consumption by...
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| author | Tumeo, Marynia Mapemba, Lawrence Edriss, Abdi Khalil Phiri, Horace |
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| description | Considering the potential of grain legumes for reducing hunger and malnutrition, this paper aims at identifying factors shaping demand for and consumption of dry common bean from a consumer’s perspective. Understanding and addressing these factors has potential to increase common bean consumption by enabling breeders to breed common beans with attributes that are preferred by consumers. The study employed a quantitative approach to assess various aspects of household common bean consumption from primary data collected in Lilongwe city. The study results suggest that socio-economic factors such as household size, education, gender, income, and number of children under the age of five years in the household play an important role in a household’s decision to consume common beans and the respective quantities consumed. Various product attributes such as grain size, gravy quality, and cooking time also influenced a household’s decision to consume common beans. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1474032025-11-06T06:42:36Z Consumer choice of dry common beans in Malawi: The case of Lilongwe City Tumeo, Marynia Mapemba, Lawrence Edriss, Abdi Khalil Phiri, Horace consumer behaviour common beans nutrition beans food security household consumption Considering the potential of grain legumes for reducing hunger and malnutrition, this paper aims at identifying factors shaping demand for and consumption of dry common bean from a consumer’s perspective. Understanding and addressing these factors has potential to increase common bean consumption by enabling breeders to breed common beans with attributes that are preferred by consumers. The study employed a quantitative approach to assess various aspects of household common bean consumption from primary data collected in Lilongwe city. The study results suggest that socio-economic factors such as household size, education, gender, income, and number of children under the age of five years in the household play an important role in a household’s decision to consume common beans and the respective quantities consumed. Various product attributes such as grain size, gravy quality, and cooking time also influenced a household’s decision to consume common beans. 2017 2024-06-21T09:22:48Z 2024-06-21T09:22:48Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147403 en application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Tumeo, Marynia; Mapemba, Lawrence; Edriss, Abdi Khalil; and Phiri, Horace. 2017. Consumer choice of dry common beans in Malawi: The case of Lilongwe City. MaSSP Working Paper 19. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147403 |
| spellingShingle | consumer behaviour common beans nutrition beans food security household consumption Tumeo, Marynia Mapemba, Lawrence Edriss, Abdi Khalil Phiri, Horace Consumer choice of dry common beans in Malawi: The case of Lilongwe City |
| title | Consumer choice of dry common beans in Malawi: The case of Lilongwe City |
| title_full | Consumer choice of dry common beans in Malawi: The case of Lilongwe City |
| title_fullStr | Consumer choice of dry common beans in Malawi: The case of Lilongwe City |
| title_full_unstemmed | Consumer choice of dry common beans in Malawi: The case of Lilongwe City |
| title_short | Consumer choice of dry common beans in Malawi: The case of Lilongwe City |
| title_sort | consumer choice of dry common beans in malawi the case of lilongwe city |
| topic | consumer behaviour common beans nutrition beans food security household consumption |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147403 |
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