Food Quality in Domestic Markets of Developing Economies: A Comparative Study of two Countries
Published By: LICOS on eSS | Published Date: June, 03 , 2011Food quality has become an important determinant of success in global food trade and growers for international markets have to continuously adjust to buyers’ requirements. It is however not clear to what extent there is a demand for food quality - and how much buyers are willing to pay for it - in domestic food markets of developing economies. Based on unique comparable price and trader data in a poor country in Africa (Madagascar) and an emerging economy in Asia (India), food quality and quality’s pricing are compared. URL:[http://www.econ.kuleuven.be/licos/DP/DP2011/DP289.pdf].
Author(s): Anneleen Vandeplas, Bart Minten | Posted on: Aug 03, 2011 | Views(838) | Download (167)