Demand for high-value secondary crops in developing countries: the case of potatoes in Bangladesh and Pakistan

cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.coverage.countryBangladesh
cg.coverage.countryPakistan
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2BD
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2PK
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asia
cg.coverage.regionAsia
cg.coverage.regionOceania
cg.creator.identifierHowarth Bouis: 0000-0001-5432-9192
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Archive
cg.number14en
cg.placeWashington, DCen
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen
dc.contributor.authorBouis, Howarth E.en
dc.contributor.authorScott, Gregory J.en
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-24T12:47:16Zen
dc.date.available2024-10-24T12:47:16Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/157090
dc.titleDemand for high-value secondary crops in developing countries: the case of potatoes in Bangladesh and Pakistanen
dcterms.abstractSecondary crops are of increasing interest to policymakers and planners in developing countries because of a desire to diversify economic activities and because of their proven potential to raise farm incomes and rural employment. To assess this potential, basic information on the demand characteristics for these crops is required. But, given the large number of possible crops to be studied, policy analysts require an estimation procedure that is less data-intensive and time-intensive than standard econometric estimation procedures. In this paper, a relatively new, low-cost procedure, based on demand for food characteristics, is applied, illustrating its usefulness for analysis of demand for potatoes in Bangladesh and Pakistan. In Asia, the potato should not be regarded as a starchy staple whose consumption declines as income increases, but rather as a food with a positive income elasticity. Due to the high calorie cost of potatoes relative to wheat and rice, potatoes are often valued primarily for the variety they contribute to the diet and their taste, rather than for the calories they provide. This means that demand for potatoes should increase with income in the future. However, expansion of demand for potatoes as an alternative food staple is conditional upon the cost per calorie for potatoes approaching that for wheat and rice. Results from Bangladesh for more recent years show that with the rise in potato production, relative prices for potatoes versus wheat fell and per capita consumption of potatoes increased considerably. These findings are consistent with demand parameters generated utilizing the new estimation procedure.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationBouis, Howarth E.; Scott, Gregory J. 1996. Demand for high-value secondary crops in developing countries: the case of potatoes in Bangladesh and Pakistan. FCND Discussion Paper 14. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157090en
dcterms.extent46 p.en
dcterms.isPartOfFCND Discussion Paperen
dcterms.issued1996
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/125580en
dcterms.subjecteconomicsen
dcterms.subjectmethodologyen
dcterms.subjectpotatoesen
dcterms.subjecteconomic aspectsen
dcterms.subjectcrop diversificationen
dcterms.subjectprice stabilizationen
dcterms.typeWorking Paper

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