Hétérogénéité des Préférences pour les Attributs Fourragers en Afrique de l’Ouest : Une Analyse par les Prix Hédoniques Entre le Bénin et le Burkina Faso

Abstract

In West Africa, particularly in the Sahel, feedstuffs markets are developing to meet the growing needs of pastoralists for forage. This study examines the attitudes of livestock farmers to pay for forage attributes according to their respective preferences in the forage markets of Benin and Burkina Faso. In this context, a survey was conducted in five (05) Benin markets and two (02) Burkina Faso markets with 275 feedstuffs buyers selected randomly stratified on several sites. In doing so, a primary database of 794 observations, depending on the forage types purchased by the farmers, was established. For this, the hedonic price method was applied to the collected data. The results show that the price of fodder in Benin is positively and significantly influenced by herbs, hay, haulm (cowpea, peanut and soybean) with positive implicit prices and are more preferred by farmers. In Burkina Faso, Cotton seed cake and corn bran have a positive and significant influence on the price of fodder, with priority given to animal feed. In both countries, farmers agree to pay additional prices for concentrates (Cotton seed cake, corn bran, soybean cake), crop residues (soybean, cowpea haulm) and hay. These results offer opportunities for choice among the different market players for a better match between supply and demand for fodder to ensure a better supply for livestock breeding and better food security in West Africa.

An hedonic evaluation of the impacts of vertical coordination on business performance amongst apple producers in Morocco

“…Table 2 shows the variables used to explain the hedonic price of apples. According to the findings of Labiyi [ 59 ], the implicit marginal price (MIP) is calculated in a unique manner by each functional form (linear, log-linear, semi-log, and Box-Cox). Using the semi-log model, the expression from equation (2) can be used to calculate the implicit price of characteristic j on apple price i: …”