Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/15712
Title: Demand for livestock products in developing countries with a focus on quality and safety attributes: Evidence from case studies
Contributor(s): Jabbar, Mohammad A (editor); Baker, Derek  (editor)orcid ; Fadiga, Mohamadou L (editor)
Corporate Author: International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI): Kenya
Publication Date: 2010
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/15712
Abstract: Rising developing country demand for livestock products propelled by income and population growth, and by urbanization offers poverty reduction opportunities to actors in the supply chain. The increase in volumes demanded also features diversification and increased demand for quality attributes. Reliable food safety and information on animal husbandry and geographic origin have long been recognized as value-adding differentiation mechanisms in the developed world. Anecdotal accounts suggest that this is also the case in developing countries. However, little consistent rigorously researched evidence has been published on this subject. This paper presents results based on case studies conducted in a number of developing countries in Asia and Africa. An overview of the theoretically consistent methods used and a synthesis of the results obtained in the various case studies are presented first followed by the case studies each describing a study of specific commodities in specific developing country locations. A consistent set of results emerges, wherein consumers exhibit willingness to pay for quality and safety in animal-origin foods, and within which this willingness to pay is strongest amongst the wealthy and the urban dwellers. However, the intricacy and variety of quality definition and measurement are demonstrated fully, as they occur between and within countries, commodity groups and other settings. The key message from the results is the evidence that quality and safety considerations in products of animal origin food provide commercial opportunities for developing country producers, market actors and industry participants.
Publication Type: Report
Publisher: International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
Place of Publication: Nairobi, Kenya
ISBN: 929146256X
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 140201 Agricultural Economics
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 910203 Industrial Organisations
910204 Industry Costs and Structure
910209 Preference, Behaviour and Welfare
HERDC Category Description: R1 Report
Publisher/associated links: http://purl.umn.edu/97973
Series Name: ILRI Research Report
Series Number : 24
Extent of Pages: 169
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