Mining maize diversity and improving its nutritional aspects within agro‐food systems

N Palacios‐Rojas, L McCulley… - … Reviews in Food …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Agro‐food systems are undergoing rapid innovation in the world and the system's continuum
is promoted at different scales with one of the main outcomes to improve nutrition of …

Farmer adoption of sustainable intensification technologies in the maize systems of the Global South. A review

E Jones-Garcia, VV Krishna - Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 2021 - Springer
This paper reviews the empirical literature on the determinants of farmer adoption of
sustainable intensification technologies in maize agri-food systems of the Global South. The …

Consumption context in consumer research: Methodological perspectives

SR Jaeger, C Porcherot - Current Opinion in Food Science, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•Eating occasion influence consumer responses to food and beverages.•Item-by-
use (IBU) appropriateness is a simple way for matching products to consumption …

Measuring rural consumers' willingness to pay for quality labels using experimental auctions: the case of aflatoxin‐free maize in Kenya

H De Groote, C Narrod, SC Kimenju, C Bett… - Agricultural …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Aflatoxins are a common health hazard in tropical countries, especially in rural areas. New
methods to reduce aflatoxin levels in food staples, as well as cheaper test methods, are …

'Yellow is good for you': Consumer perception and acceptability of fortified and biofortified cassava products

A Bechoff, U Chijioke, A Westby, KI Tomlins - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Vitamin A, an essential micronutrient for health, can be obtained from various food sources
including cassava products made from either traditional white cassava varieties fortified with …

Consumer acceptance and willingness to pay for instant cereal products with food-to-food fortification in Eldoret, Kenya

H De Groote, V Mugalavai, M Ferruzzi… - Food and nutrition …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Maize is the major food staple in East and Southern Africa, where food-
processing industries are emerging fast. New low-cost extrusion cookers allow small …

Do labels that convey minimal, redundant, or no information affect consumer perceptions and willingness to pay?

JC Bernard, JM Duke, SE Albrecht - Food Quality and Preference, 2019 - Elsevier
With more labels appearing on food products, it becomes questionable how many add
relevant information to consumers. Some products have labels conveying no, redundant, or …

Measuring consumers' interest in instant fortified pearl millet products: a field experiment in Touba, Senegal

H De Groote, SW Kariuki, D Traore… - Journal of the …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND In Africa, food‐processing industries are emerging fast, especially for
cereals. New low‐cost extrusion cookers give small enterprises an opportunity to enter the …

Lead-farmer extension and smallholder valuation of new agricultural technologies in Tanzania

SN Morgan, NM Mason, MK Maredia - Food Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
Encouraging the widespread adoption and use of new on-farm technologies is an important
part of productivity-led strategies to promote agricultural transformation. While many …

Methods matter: a meta‐regression on the determinants of willingness‐to‐pay studies on biofortified foods

H De Steur, J Wesana, D Blancquaert… - Annals of the New …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Following the growing evidence on biofortification as a cost‐effective micronutrient strategy,
various researchers have elicited consumers' willingness to pay (WTP) for biofortified crops …