Upgrading rice value chains: Experimental evidence from 11 African markets
Upgrading rice value chains: Experimental evidence from 11 African markets
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DOI：
10.1016/j.gfs.2014.10.001
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发表时间：
2015-06-01
影响因子：
8.9
通讯作者：
Ndour, Maimouna
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作者：
Demont, Matty;Ndour, Maimouna
先前的研究提出了一个假设，即改善非洲的粮食安全需要提升稻米价值链，以提高国内稻米相对于城市市场进口稻米的质量竞争力。我们回顾了支持这一假设的实验证据。2008-2012年期间，实施了一项基于实验拍卖的框架田间实验研究方案，以研究11个非洲市场消费者对稻米质量属性的偏好。实验结果表明，国产大米可以与进口大米在城市市场竞争，如果其内在和外在的质量属性更好地适应城市消费者的喜好。这对于目前正在整个非洲实施雄心勃勃的国家稻米发展战略的决策者来说非常重要。(C)2014爱思唯尔有限公司版权所有。
Previous research has advanced the hypothesis that improving food security in Africa will require upgrading rice value chains in order to increase the quality-based competitiveness of domestic rice relative to imported rice in urban markets. We review the experimental evidence in support of this hypothesis. During 2008-2012, a research program of framed field experiments based on experimental auctions was implemented to study consumers' revealed preferences for rice quality attributes in 11 African markets. The experimental results suggest that domestic rice can compete with imported rice in urban markets if its intrinsic and extrinsic quality attributes are better tailored to urban consumer preferences. This is important for policy makers who are currently implementing ambitious national rice development strategies throughout Africa. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.