Using a discrete choice experiment to elicit the demand for a nutritious food: Willingness to pay for orange maize in rural Zambia

Using a discrete choice experiment, this paper estimates the willingness to pay for biofortified orange maize in rural Zambia. The study design has five treatment arms, which enable an analysis of the impact of nutrition information, comparing the use of simulated radio versus community leaders in t...

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Main Authors: Meenakshi, J.V., Banerji, A., Manyong, Victor M., Tomlins, Keith I., Mittal, N., Hamukwala, P.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Elsevier 2012
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/77422
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author Meenakshi, J.V.
Banerji, A.
Manyong, Victor M.
Tomlins, Keith I.
Mittal, N.
Hamukwala, P.
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Hamukwala, P.
Manyong, Victor M.
Meenakshi, J.V.
Mittal, N.
Tomlins, Keith I.
author_facet Meenakshi, J.V.
Banerji, A.
Manyong, Victor M.
Tomlins, Keith I.
Mittal, N.
Hamukwala, P.
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description Using a discrete choice experiment, this paper estimates the willingness to pay for biofortified orange maize in rural Zambia. The study design has five treatment arms, which enable an analysis of the impact of nutrition information, comparing the use of simulated radio versus community leaders in transmitting the nutrition message, on willingness to pay, and to account for possible novelty effects in the magnitude of premiums or discounts. The estimation strategy also takes into account lexicographic preferences of a subset of our respondents. The results suggest that (a) orange maize is not confused with yellow maize, and has the potential to compete with white maize in the absence of a nutrition campaign, (b) there is a premium for orange maize with nutrition information, and (c) different modes of nutritional message dissemination have the same impact on consumer acceptance.
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spelling CGSpace774222023-12-08T19:36:04Z Using a discrete choice experiment to elicit the demand for a nutritious food: Willingness to pay for orange maize in rural Zambia Meenakshi, J.V. Banerji, A. Manyong, Victor M. Tomlins, Keith I. Mittal, N. Hamukwala, P. choice experiments vitamin a deficiency nutrition Using a discrete choice experiment, this paper estimates the willingness to pay for biofortified orange maize in rural Zambia. The study design has five treatment arms, which enable an analysis of the impact of nutrition information, comparing the use of simulated radio versus community leaders in transmitting the nutrition message, on willingness to pay, and to account for possible novelty effects in the magnitude of premiums or discounts. The estimation strategy also takes into account lexicographic preferences of a subset of our respondents. The results suggest that (a) orange maize is not confused with yellow maize, and has the potential to compete with white maize in the absence of a nutrition campaign, (b) there is a premium for orange maize with nutrition information, and (c) different modes of nutritional message dissemination have the same impact on consumer acceptance. 2012-01 2016-10-27T08:30:28Z 2016-10-27T08:30:28Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/77422 en Limited Access Elsevier Meenakshi, J., Banerji, A., Manyong, V., Tomlins, K., Mittal, N. & Hamukwala, P. (2012). Using a discrete choice experiment to elicit the demand for a nutritious food: willingness-to-pay for orange maize in rural Zambia. Journal of Health Economics, 31(1), 62-71.
spellingShingle choice
experiments
vitamin a
deficiency
nutrition
Meenakshi, J.V.
Banerji, A.
Manyong, Victor M.
Tomlins, Keith I.
Mittal, N.
Hamukwala, P.
Using a discrete choice experiment to elicit the demand for a nutritious food: Willingness to pay for orange maize in rural Zambia
title Using a discrete choice experiment to elicit the demand for a nutritious food: Willingness to pay for orange maize in rural Zambia
title_full Using a discrete choice experiment to elicit the demand for a nutritious food: Willingness to pay for orange maize in rural Zambia
title_fullStr Using a discrete choice experiment to elicit the demand for a nutritious food: Willingness to pay for orange maize in rural Zambia
title_full_unstemmed Using a discrete choice experiment to elicit the demand for a nutritious food: Willingness to pay for orange maize in rural Zambia
title_short Using a discrete choice experiment to elicit the demand for a nutritious food: Willingness to pay for orange maize in rural Zambia
title_sort using a discrete choice experiment to elicit the demand for a nutritious food willingness to pay for orange maize in rural zambia
topic choice
experiments
vitamin a
deficiency
nutrition
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/77422
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