Does increasing the availability of a nutritious food produced by a small- and medium-sized enterprise increase its consumption? Evidence from a field experiment in Kenya

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cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions, and Markets
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden
cg.coverage.countryKenya
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2KE
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1002/aepp.13402en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn2040-5790en
cg.issue2en
cg.journalApplied Economic Perspectives and Policyen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.volume46en
dc.contributor.authorMaredia, Mywish K.en
dc.contributor.authorPorter, Mariaen
dc.contributor.authorNakasone, Eduardoen
dc.contributor.authorOrtega, David L.en
dc.contributor.authorCaputo, Vincenzinaen
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-29T12:58:17Zen
dc.date.available2025-01-29T12:58:17Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/171521
dc.titleDoes increasing the availability of a nutritious food produced by a small- and medium-sized enterprise increase its consumption? Evidence from a field experiment in Kenyaen
dcterms.abstractMany development programs rely on the idea that increasing profitability of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) could increase availability of nutritious foods among low-income consumers. We designed a randomized controlled trial in which we made a specific nutritious product produced by an SME exhaustively available in low-income local markets. We find that compared to control markets, consumers in treated markets purchased and consumed more of this product and less of competing brands with added sugar and fat. However, overall consumption for the product category was not increased and there was no change in the consumption of other related but potentially less nutritious foods. Our findings suggest the need for alternative policies to increase consumption of nutritious foods.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.available2023-10-28en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMaredia, Mywish K.; Porter, Maria; Nakasone, Eduardo; Ortega, David L.; and Caputo, Vincenzina. 2024. Does increasing the availability of a nutritious food produced by a small- and medium-sized enterprise increase its consumption? Evidence from a field experiment in Kenya. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 46(2): 414-434. https://doi.org/10.1002/aepp.13402en
dcterms.extentpp. 414-434en
dcterms.issued2024-06en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherWileyen
dcterms.publisherAssociação Brasileira de Horticulturaen
dcterms.subjectfield experimentationen
dcterms.subjectfood consumptionen
dcterms.subjectfood supplyen
dcterms.subjecthouseholdsen
dcterms.subjectnutritionen
dcterms.subjectprofitabilityen
dcterms.subjectsmall and medium enterprisesen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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