Rising trends and variability of rice prices: Threats and opportunities for sub-Saharan Africa

Seck, Papa Abdoulaye; Tollens, Éric; Wopereis, M.C.S.; Diagne, Aliou; Bamba, Ibrahim

doi:10.1016/j.foodpol.2010.05.003

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“…In particular, there is a widespread belief that urban consumers continue to prefer imported rice due to the inferior post-harvest grain quality of local rice which is notorious for its heterogeneous grain size composition and impurity (Seck et al, 2010; Rizzotto, in press). However, in 2007 a quality rice brand 'Rival®' (Riz de la Vallée) was introduced in the Senegal River Valley (SRV).…”

Section: Market Experimentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Experimental auctions, collective induction and choice shift: willingness-to-pay for rice quality in Senegal

Demont¹,

Rutsaert

Ndour³

et al. 2012

European Review of Agricultural Economics

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We propose a collective induction treatment as an aggregator of information and preferences, which enables testing whether consumer preferences for food quality elicited through experimental auctions are robust to aggregation. We develop a two-stage estimation method based on social judgment scheme theory to identify the determinants of social influence in collective induction. Our method is tested in a market experiment aiming to assess consumers' willingness-to-pay for rice quality in Senegal. No significant choice shift was observed after collective induction which suggests that consumer preferences for rice quality are robust to aggregation. Almost three quarters of social influence captured by the model and the variables was explained by social status, market expertise and information.

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Section: Market Experimentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Experimental auctions, collective induction and choice shift: willingness-to-pay for rice quality in Senegal

Demont¹,

Rutsaert

Ndour³

et al. 2012

European Review of Agricultural Economics

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“…For the semi-arid parts of West Africa, land use changes will play a prominent role in this context. A growing population, rising food demand and previously unused potentials mean that irrigated agriculture is on the advance (Seck et al 2010). Malaria early warning systems and models will on the one hand need to be adapted to such developments, but could on the other hand provide valuable insights into epidemiological processes that may help to implement such projects in a way that negative health effects such as increasing levels of malaria transmission can be avoided.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Global health

Kappas¹,

Groß²,

Kelleher³

2012

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“…Here it is suggested that these three themes correspond to three structural limitations that have contributed to RVCs' vulnerability to economic globalization in SSA, as manifested in the difficulty of the rice sector in SSA to respond to growing internal demand for quality rice and to compete in the global market (e.g., Adjao and Staatz [47]; Demont, [31]; Demont and Ndour [1]; Seck et al [48]). …”

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The Vulnerability of Rice Value Chains in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review

Terdoo

Feola

2016

Climate

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Rice is one of the most important food crops in sub-Saharan Africa. Climate change, variability, and economic globalization threatens to disrupt rice value chains across the subcontinent, undermining their important role in economic development, food security, and poverty reduction. This paper maps existing research on the vulnerability of rice value chains, synthesizes the evidence and the risks posed by climate change and economic globalization, and discusses agriculture and rural development policies and their relevance for the vulnerability of rice value chains in sub-Saharan Africa. Important avenues for future research are identified. These include the impacts of multiple, simultaneous pressures on rice value chains, the effects of climate change and variability on parts of the value chain other than production, and the forms and extent to which different development policies hinder or enhance the resilience of rice value chains in the face of climatic and other pressures.

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Rising trends and variability of rice prices: Threats and opportunities for sub-Saharan Africa

Cited by 142 publications

References 21 publications

Experimental auctions, collective induction and choice shift: willingness-to-pay for rice quality in Senegal

Experimental auctions, collective induction and choice shift: willingness-to-pay for rice quality in Senegal

Global health

The Vulnerability of Rice Value Chains in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review

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