Information, branding, certification, and consumer willingness to pay for high-iron pearl millet: Evidence from experimental auctions in Maharashtra, India

Food Policy

Volumn 62, Issue , 2016, Pages 133-141

  Banerji, Abhijit ^a   Birol, Ekin ^b   Karandikar, Bhushana ^c   Rampal, Jeevant ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c GOKHALE INSTITUTE OF POLITICS AND ECONOMICS   (India)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Becker DeGroot Marschak mechanism; Biofortification; Experimental auctions; High iron pearl millet

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; FOOD QUALITY; INFORMATION; IRON; MILLET; NUTRITIVE VALUE; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

INDIA; MAHARASHTRA;

PENNISETUM GLAUCUM;

EID: 84975509942     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2016.06.003     Document Type: Article

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