What drives consumer demand for packaged rice? Evidence from South and Southeast Asia

The demand for improved packaging and labeling of rice is expected to rise in Asia due to rapid income growth, growing food safety concerns, and retail market transformation. Currently, about half of the rice in urban markets in South and Southeast Asia is sold in packaged form. However, urban marke...

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Main Authors: Bairagi, Subir, Gustafson, Christopher R., Custodio, Marie Claire, Ynion, Jhoanne, Demont, Matty
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Elsevier 2021
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/164170
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Gustafson, Christopher R.
Custodio, Marie Claire
Ynion, Jhoanne
Demont, Matty
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description The demand for improved packaging and labeling of rice is expected to rise in Asia due to rapid income growth, growing food safety concerns, and retail market transformation. Currently, about half of the rice in urban markets in South and Southeast Asia is sold in packaged form. However, urban market shares of packaged rice are highly heterogeneous among countries and range from 11% in the Philippines to 18% in Vietnam, 45% in India, 51% in Indonesia, 58% in Cambodia, 63% in Bangladesh, and up to 64% in Thailand. We identify the drivers of consumer demand for packaged rice by fitting a probit model on survey data from more than 4000 urban and rural consumers from seven countries in South and Southeast Asia. The results indicate that demand for packaged rice is driven by income, education, employment, household size, intrinsic quality attributes such as rice fragrance, per capita rice consumption and purchase frequency. The drivers of demand are found to depend on the stage of retail market transformation, distinguishing Thailand as a market leader from the rest of the countries in South and Southeast Asia. The findings in this study can help policymakers learn from more advanced countries and rice sectors in South and Southeast Asia and develop country-specific strategies to foster modernization and inclusiveness of rice retail markets consistent with their sectors’ state of progress in retail transformation.
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spelling CGSpace1641702025-04-17T09:40:22Z What drives consumer demand for packaged rice? Evidence from South and Southeast Asia Bairagi, Subir Gustafson, Christopher R. Custodio, Marie Claire Ynion, Jhoanne Demont, Matty biotechnology food science probit analysis models packaging labelling consumer behaviour rice surveys packaging industry The demand for improved packaging and labeling of rice is expected to rise in Asia due to rapid income growth, growing food safety concerns, and retail market transformation. Currently, about half of the rice in urban markets in South and Southeast Asia is sold in packaged form. However, urban market shares of packaged rice are highly heterogeneous among countries and range from 11% in the Philippines to 18% in Vietnam, 45% in India, 51% in Indonesia, 58% in Cambodia, 63% in Bangladesh, and up to 64% in Thailand. We identify the drivers of consumer demand for packaged rice by fitting a probit model on survey data from more than 4000 urban and rural consumers from seven countries in South and Southeast Asia. The results indicate that demand for packaged rice is driven by income, education, employment, household size, intrinsic quality attributes such as rice fragrance, per capita rice consumption and purchase frequency. The drivers of demand are found to depend on the stage of retail market transformation, distinguishing Thailand as a market leader from the rest of the countries in South and Southeast Asia. The findings in this study can help policymakers learn from more advanced countries and rice sectors in South and Southeast Asia and develop country-specific strategies to foster modernization and inclusiveness of rice retail markets consistent with their sectors’ state of progress in retail transformation. 2021-11 2024-12-19T12:53:32Z 2024-12-19T12:53:32Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/164170 en Open Access Elsevier Bairagi, Subir; Gustafson, Christopher R.; Custodio, Marie Claire; Ynion, Jhoanne and Demont, Matty. 2021. What drives consumer demand for packaged rice? Evidence from South and Southeast Asia. Food Control, Volume 129 p. 108261
spellingShingle biotechnology
food science
probit analysis
models
packaging
labelling
consumer behaviour
rice
surveys
packaging industry
Bairagi, Subir
Gustafson, Christopher R.
Custodio, Marie Claire
Ynion, Jhoanne
Demont, Matty
What drives consumer demand for packaged rice? Evidence from South and Southeast Asia
title What drives consumer demand for packaged rice? Evidence from South and Southeast Asia
title_full What drives consumer demand for packaged rice? Evidence from South and Southeast Asia
title_fullStr What drives consumer demand for packaged rice? Evidence from South and Southeast Asia
title_full_unstemmed What drives consumer demand for packaged rice? Evidence from South and Southeast Asia
title_short What drives consumer demand for packaged rice? Evidence from South and Southeast Asia
title_sort what drives consumer demand for packaged rice evidence from south and southeast asia
topic biotechnology
food science
probit analysis
models
packaging
labelling
consumer behaviour
rice
surveys
packaging industry
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/164170
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