NDLI: Can markets support smallholder adoption of a food safety technology? Aflasafe in Kenya

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Can markets support smallholder adoption of a food safety technology? Aflasafe in Kenya

Content Provider	Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
Author	Hoffmann, Vivian Kariuki, Sarah Pieters, Janneke Treurniet, Mark
Organization	IFPRI - Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division
Spatial Coverage	Kenya [KE]
Description	In this paper, we test the impact of a simulated market premium for food safety, and of bundling rainfall insurance with an aflatoxin-reducing technology (Aflasafe KE01), on smallholder farmers’ adoption of this technology. To identify these impacts, we conducted a randomized trial through which farmers in one of the most aflatoxin-affected regions in the world were given the opportunity to purchase Aflasafe under experimentally varied market conditions. Half of 152 pre-existing producer groups were assigned to a market linkage treatment and offered a premium price for the maize they aggregated if it conformed to the East African aflatoxin standard. The market linkage treatment was cross-cut with a bundled insurance treatment, in which Aflasafe could only be purchased together with an actuarily fair rainfall index insurance product designed to insure against maize losses due to unfavorable weather conditions during the growing period. Farmers not assigned to the bundled insurance treatment who purchased Aflasafe were able to purchase the same insurance separately.
Related Links	https://cgspace.cgiar.org/items/db2df385-4f77-4f49-968b-85cbcd782772
File Format	PDF
Language	English
Publisher	International Food Policy Research Institute
Publisher Date	2019-01-03
Publisher Place	Washington, DC
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Agriculture for Nutrition and Health Mycotoxins Food Safety Smallholders Markets Aflatoxins Public Health
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Agronomy and Crop Science Food Science Plant Science

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