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contact_email: Library-ICRISAT@CGIAR.ORG
creators_name: Agbola, F W
creators_name: Kelley, T G
creators_name: Bent, M J
creators_name: Rao, P P
icrisatcreators_name: Rao, P P
affiliation: Monash University
affiliation: Food and Agricultural Organization(Rome)
affiliation: Curtin University of Technology(Northam)
affiliation: ICRISAT(Patancheru)
country: South Africa
country: Italy
country: Australia
country: India
title: Eliciting and valuing market preferences with traditional food crops: the case of chickpea in India
ispublished: pub
subjects: s1.1
full_text_status: restricted
keywords: India; chickpea; quality characteristics; consumer preferences
abstract: During the past decade the Indian chickpea industry underwent a dramatic structural shift following the implementation of market-oriented policies by the Government of India. This paper examines consumer attitudes to quality characteristics of chickpea in India. A linear hedonic price model is estimated using auction price and quality data of chickpea samples obtained from major markets in India. Empirical results indicate that specific physical quality characteristics and purity standards are important factors influencing the price of chickpea in India. Thus, there may be an incentive for domestic producers and sellers of chickpea � and exporting countries � to improve the quality of their product, if improvements in specific physical characteristics and purity can be obtained cost effectively. As trade prospects grow for regionally important food crops like chickpea and other pulses, it is essential that food managers, commodity exporters, and crop breeders have access to critical market information in order to assess the relative economic importance of preferred quality traits and plan their strategies accordingly
date: 2002
date_type: published
publication: The International Food and Agribusiness Management Review
volume: 5
number: 1
publisher: Elsevier
pagerange: 7-21
refereed: TRUE
issn: 1559-2448
official_url: https://www.ifama.org/publications/journal/vol5/v5I1.aspx
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citation:   Agbola, F W and Kelley, T G and Bent, M J and Rao, P P  (2002) Eliciting and valuing market preferences with traditional food crops: the case of chickpea in India.  The International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, 5 (1).  pp. 7-21.  ISSN 1559-2448     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/6793/1/IntlFoodAgriBusiMgmtRev5%281%297-21.pdf