A broken market: can increased access to broken rice decrease food insecurity in Haiti?
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Abstract Haiti is a unique rice market in the sense that, despite high poverty rates and dependency on as staple, it relies imports (80% of total consumption) high-quality milled for which pays premium price. requires that all imported have maximum 4% broken kernels, results importing one most expensive non-fragrant long grain world. This study implements non-hypothetical field experiment (300 observations) to elicit attributes Haitians valued revealed by their purchasing behavior an open-air setting. Specifically, we set out estimate if would discount such manner strict import regulations, keeps cheaper domestic markets, continue be warranted. Our findings suggest consumers (across locations income groups) were not found pay more reduced amount rice, with exception highest group. should signal policy makers are willing consume higher percentage brokens than importation standard. important from food security standpoint provides same nutritional value lower rate, can sourced globally at discounted Allowing rate could help alleviate insecurity providing alternative relatively currently has inflated price due its standards imposed Haitian importers.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Food Security
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['1876-4525', '1876-4517']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-022-01286-9