Does increasing the availability of a nutritious food produced by a small- and medium-sized enterprise increase its consumption? Evidence from a field experiment in Kenya

IF 3.3 2区 经济学 Q2 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY
Mywish K. Maredia, Maria Porter, Eduardo Nakasone, David L. Ortega, Vincenzina Caputo
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Abstract

Many development programs rely on the idea that increasing profitability of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) could increase availability of nutritious foods among low-income consumers. We designed a randomized controlled trial in which we made a specific nutritious product produced by an SME exhaustively available in low-income local markets. We find that compared to control markets, consumers in treated markets purchased and consumed more of this product and less of competing brands with added sugar and fat. However, overall consumption for the product category was not increased and there was no change in the consumption of other related but potentially less nutritious foods. Our findings suggest the need for alternative policies to increase consumption of nutritious foods.

增加中小型企业生产的营养食品的供应量是否会增加其消费量?来自肯尼亚实地实验的证据
许多发展计划都认为,提高中小企业(SMEs)的盈利能力可以增加低收入消费者对营养食品的需求。我们设计了一项随机对照试验,在试验中,我们在当地低收入市场上全面供应一种由中小企业生产的特定营养产品。我们发现,与对照市场相比,接受试验的市场的消费者购买和消费了更多这种产品,而购买和消费添加了糖和脂肪的竞争品牌产品的消费者则更少。然而,该产品类别的总体消费量并没有增加,其他相关但可能营养价值较低的食品的消费量也没有变化。我们的研究结果表明,有必要采取其他政策来增加营养食品的消费。
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY-
CiteScore
10.70
自引率
6.90%
发文量
117
审稿时长
>12 weeks
期刊介绍: Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy provides a forum to address contemporary and emerging policy issues within an economic framework that informs the decision-making and policy-making community. AEPP welcomes submissions related to the economics of public policy themes associated with agriculture; animal, plant, and human health; energy; environment; food and consumer behavior; international development; natural hazards; natural resources; population and migration; and regional and rural development.
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