The Development and Promotion of Sweet Potato Yoghurt in Ghana: Implications for Sustainable Production and Consumption Policies

Sustainability

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Victor Owusu¹  Emmanuel Donkor²  EuniceAdu Donkor³  Enoch Owusu-Sekyere⁴ 

[1] P.O. Box 7013, SE-75007 Uppsala, Sweden;

[2] Agrifood Chain Management Group, Faculty of Life Sciences, Humboldt-University Berlin, Invalidenstr. 42, 10099 Berlin, Germany;

[3] Department of Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness and Extension, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana;

[4] Department of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala Sweden;

关键词: consumer willingness to pay;    new product development;    hedonic pricing;   

DOI  :  10.3390/su12083336

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This paper analyzes how a newly developed food product (potagurt) with nutritional and health benefits can be promoted in Ghana. We employ the hedonic modeling and contingent valuation methods to estimate monetary values attached to the product’s attributes using 400 consumers in the Ashanti, Eastern, and Greater Accra regions of Ghana. The findings reveal that consumers have positive perceptions on the health and nutritional benefits of the product. Buyers place a higher value on potagurt relative to normal yogurt. The high value attached to potagurt is mainly linked to the health, nutritional, food safety, and quality attributes of the product, as well as perception. Consumers’ socioeconomic factors such as income, educational, and awareness levels also play a significant role in explaining their choice of the product. The practical implication is that the development and promotion of potagurt could stimulate sustainable economic development through better consumer health and improvement in the livelihoods of many players in the sweet potato value chain, especially the producers of potagurt and sweet potato farmers. We conclude that the promotion of the innovative food product could contribute to sustainable production and consumption of sweet potatoes.

【 授权许可】

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