Information and consumer willingness to pay for biofortified yellow cassava: Evidence from experimental auctions in Nigeria

Agricultural Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 215-233

  Oparinde, Adewale ^a   Banerji, Abhijit ^b   Birol, Ekin ^a   Ilona, Paul ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^c International Institute for Tropical Agriculture   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Becker DeGroot Marschak mechanism; Biofortification; Cassava; Consumer acceptance; Experimental auctions; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

CASSAVA; COLOR; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; CROP IMPROVEMENT; DEMAND ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD MARKET; FOOD PREFERENCE; INFORMATION; NUTRITION; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PRICE DETERMINATION; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

IMO; NIGERIA; OYO;

MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 84959874176     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/agec.12224     Document Type: Article

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