Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name:  Epiphane Sodjinou
Author-Name-First: Epiphane
Author-Name-Last: Sodjinou
Author-Email: sodjinoue@gmail.com
Author-Workplace-Name: Institut National des Recherches Agricoles du Bénin
Author-Name:  Arne Henningsen
Author-Name-First: Arne
Author-Name-Last: Henningsen
Author-Email: arne@ifro.ku.dk
Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen
Author-Name: Delphin O. Koudande
Author-Name-First: Delphin O.
Author-Name-Last: Koudande
Author-Email: kdddolph@yahoo.fr
Author-Workplace-Name: Institut National des Recherches Agricoles du Bénin
Author-Name: Gauthier Biaou
Author-Name-First: Gauthier
Author-Name-Last: Biaou
Author-Email: gbiaou@yahoo.fr
Author-Workplace-Name: Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques, Université d’Abomey-Calavi, République du Bénin
Author-Name: Guy Apollinaire Mensah
Author-Name-First: Guy Apollinaire
Author-Name-Last: Mensah
Author-Email: mensahga@gmail.com
Author-Workplace-Name: Institut National des Recherches Agricoles du Bénin
Title: Consumers’ Preferences for “Bicycle Poultry” in Benin: Implications for the Design of Breeding Schemes
Abstract: Village poultry, also termed "bicycle poultry," is produced in scavenging farming systems and is a chewy meat with a low fat content, and constitutes an important source of meat in many African countries. This study investigates consumers’ preferences regarding the physical traits of these birds (notably chickens, ducks and guinea fowl) in the Republic of Benin. For this purpose, we applied the hedonic price method on field data collected from retailers in four urban and five rural markets. We found that meatier drake and meatier guinea fowl with white plumage are preferred by consumers who are willing to pay a premium for these types of birds. The factors which significantly influence the price of chicken are the breed of the bird, the plumage color, the meatiness and the age of the bird. Consumers are willing to pay a price premium for meatier birds of traditional breeds with white plumage color and aged between six and twelve months. Thus, efforts to improve local breeds should stress these preferred traits.
Length: 19 pages
Creation-Date:  2014-06
File-URL: http://okonomi.foi.dk/workingpapers/WPpdf/WP2014/IFRO_WP_2014_05.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf
Number: 2014/05
Classification-JEL: D12, Q13, Q11
Keywords: Village poultry, consumer preferences, willingness to pay, breeding traits, the Republic of Benin
Handle: RePEc:foi:wpaper:2014_05