Journal
GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY-AGRICULTURE POLICY ECONOMICS AND ENVIRONMENT
Volume 9, Issue -, Pages 19-28Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.gfs.2016.05.005
Keywords
Consumer preferences; Preference matching; Grain quality; Quality attributes; Value chain upgrading; Targeted rice breeding
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- Global Rice Science Partnership (GRiSP)
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) Transforming Rice Breeding (TRB) Project
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Public rice breeding plays a crucial role in food security in Asia, but it is often supply-focused. Consumer focused rice breeding incorporates consumer preferences in varietal development and benefits (i) consumers by fostering availability of affordable rice with characteristics that meet their food preferences, and (ii) farmers by facilitating market access and enabling them to capture consumer surplus. We review historical evidence and survey urban consumers across 24 cities in seven Asian countries to assess heterogeneity and trends of consumer preferences for intrinsic attributes of rice. We conclude that to improve food security in Asia, public rice breeding programs should incorporate widely preferred attributes such as softness in Southeast Asia and slenderness in South Asia, while considering geographic heterogeneity and specificity of preferences. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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