Food quality in domestic markets of developing economies: A comparative study of two countries

Food quality has become an important determinant of success in global food trade and growers for international markets have to continuously adjust to buyers’ requirements. It is, however, not clear to what extent there is a demand for food quality—and how much buyers are willing to pay for it—in dom...

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Autores principales: Vandeplas, Anneleen, Minten, Bart
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Wiley 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149404
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description Food quality has become an important determinant of success in global food trade and growers for international markets have to continuously adjust to buyers’ requirements. It is, however, not clear to what extent there is a demand for food quality—and how much buyers are willing to pay for it—in domestic food markets of developing economies. Based on unique comparable price and trader data in a poor country in Africa (Madagascar) and an emerging economy in Asia (India), we compare food quality and quality's pricing. We find significantly better quality and higher quality premiums (using revealed as well as stated preference methods) in India than in Madagascar. These findings are consistent with a simple theoretical model, solely based on average income gaps between the two countries.
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spelling CGSpace1494042024-10-25T08:04:43Z Food quality in domestic markets of developing economies: A comparative study of two countries Vandeplas, Anneleen Minten, Bart development food quality quality Food quality has become an important determinant of success in global food trade and growers for international markets have to continuously adjust to buyers’ requirements. It is, however, not clear to what extent there is a demand for food quality—and how much buyers are willing to pay for it—in domestic food markets of developing economies. Based on unique comparable price and trader data in a poor country in Africa (Madagascar) and an emerging economy in Asia (India), we compare food quality and quality's pricing. We find significantly better quality and higher quality premiums (using revealed as well as stated preference methods) in India than in Madagascar. These findings are consistent with a simple theoretical model, solely based on average income gaps between the two countries. 2015-04-17 2024-08-01T02:49:20Z 2024-08-01T02:49:20Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149404 en Limited Access Wiley Vandeplas, Anneleen; and Minten, Bart. 2015. Food quality in domestic markets of developing economies: A comparative study of two countries. Agricultural Economics. 46(5): 617-628. https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12158
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Food quality in domestic markets of developing economies: A comparative study of two countries
title Food quality in domestic markets of developing economies: A comparative study of two countries
title_full Food quality in domestic markets of developing economies: A comparative study of two countries
title_fullStr Food quality in domestic markets of developing economies: A comparative study of two countries
title_full_unstemmed Food quality in domestic markets of developing economies: A comparative study of two countries
title_short Food quality in domestic markets of developing economies: A comparative study of two countries
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