Food Quality Changes and Implications: Evidence from the Rice Value Chain of Bangladesh

World Development

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 100-113

  Minten, Bart ^a   Murshid, K A S ^b   Reardon, Thomas ^c,d,e  

^a International Food Policy Research Institute IFPRI   (Ethiopia)

^b Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies   (Bangladesh)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d International Food Policy Research Institute   (China)

^e RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Asia; Bangladesh; Markets; Milling; Quality; Rice; Value chains

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MARKET; CROP PRODUCTION; DEMAND ANALYSIS; FOOD MARKET; FOOD QUALITY; MILLING; RETAILING; RICE; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

BANGLADESH; DHAKA [BANGLADESH];

EID: 84872401686     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2012.06.015     Document Type: Article

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