Caretakers' perceptions and willingness-to-pay for complementary food in urban and rural Cambodia
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Caretakers' perceptions and willingness-to-pay for complementary food in urban and rural Cambodia. / Nurhasan, Mulia; Prima, Rizal Adi; Olsen, Søren Bøye; Wieringa, Frank T; Dijkhuizen, Marjoleine Amma; Chamnan, Chhoun; Roos, Nanna.
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T1 - Caretakers' perceptions and willingness-to-pay for complementary food in urban and rural Cambodia
AU - Nurhasan, Mulia
AU - Prima, Rizal Adi
AU - Olsen, Søren Bøye
AU - Wieringa, Frank T
AU - Dijkhuizen, Marjoleine Amma
AU - Chamnan, Chhoun
AU - Roos, Nanna
N1 - © 2021 The Authors. Maternal & Child Nutrition published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Inadequate child nutrition during the first '1000 days' is widespread in Cambodia, resulting in a high prevalence of child malnutrition. Access to processed complementary food in packages (PCFP) may support caretakers in improving diet of young children. This study aimed to evaluate the caretakers' preferences and willingness-to-pay (WTP) for PCFP in Cambodia. The study was conducted in urban and rural settings, involving 520 caretakers with children aged 7-24 months in Phnom Penh (urban) and Prey Veng (rural). Four PCFPs were included: a commercial brand, a social-commercial brand, a worldwide distributed fortified complementary food aid product (CSB++) and an experimental fortified rice-and-fish-based PCFP developed in Cambodia (WF-L). Sensory analysis was conducted for all products, stated WTP was assessed for three products (excluding CSB++) and actual WTP experiment was conducted on WF-L only. Our results show that overall, WF-L was preferred by the rural participants over food aid CSB++. Further improvements in the organoleptic qualities of WF-L should focus on consistency and taste. The participants were, on average, willing to pay 1,667 Cambodian riel (KHR, $0.4) and 1,192 KHR ($0.3) in urban and rural settings, respectively, for 35 g of WF-L. We also found that despite being nutritionally inadequate, most participants considered homemade porridge to be healthier, more practical and preferred by the children. Therefore improving the quality of homemade foods merits urgent consideration. When applying PCFP in nutrition programmes as a supplementary option to homemade complementary foods, locally produced products could be a more viable supplementary option than global food aid.
AB - Inadequate child nutrition during the first '1000 days' is widespread in Cambodia, resulting in a high prevalence of child malnutrition. Access to processed complementary food in packages (PCFP) may support caretakers in improving diet of young children. This study aimed to evaluate the caretakers' preferences and willingness-to-pay (WTP) for PCFP in Cambodia. The study was conducted in urban and rural settings, involving 520 caretakers with children aged 7-24 months in Phnom Penh (urban) and Prey Veng (rural). Four PCFPs were included: a commercial brand, a social-commercial brand, a worldwide distributed fortified complementary food aid product (CSB++) and an experimental fortified rice-and-fish-based PCFP developed in Cambodia (WF-L). Sensory analysis was conducted for all products, stated WTP was assessed for three products (excluding CSB++) and actual WTP experiment was conducted on WF-L only. Our results show that overall, WF-L was preferred by the rural participants over food aid CSB++. Further improvements in the organoleptic qualities of WF-L should focus on consistency and taste. The participants were, on average, willing to pay 1,667 Cambodian riel (KHR, $0.4) and 1,192 KHR ($0.3) in urban and rural settings, respectively, for 35 g of WF-L. We also found that despite being nutritionally inadequate, most participants considered homemade porridge to be healthier, more practical and preferred by the children. Therefore improving the quality of homemade foods merits urgent consideration. When applying PCFP in nutrition programmes as a supplementary option to homemade complementary foods, locally produced products could be a more viable supplementary option than global food aid.
KW - Faculty of Science
KW - Cambodia
KW - Complementary food
KW - Field experiment
KW - Fish
KW - Market study
KW - Preference
KW - Willingness-to-pay
U2 - 10.1111/mcn.13130
DO - 10.1111/mcn.13130
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 33403777
VL - 17
JO - Maternal and Child Nutrition
JF - Maternal and Child Nutrition
SN - 1740-8695
IS - 3
M1 - e13130
ER -
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