Smallholder farmers’ willingness to pay for commercial insect-based chicken feed in Kenya

Okello, Arthur; Otieno, David Jakinda; Nzuma, Jonathan M.; Kidoido, Michael M.; Tanga, Chrysantus M.

doi:10.22434/ifamr2022.0047

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“…The negative effect of household size on WTP for OFSP puree chapati is contrary to the findings of Alemu et al, 24 which showed that households with more members put much emphasis on healthy nutrition. However, this result is consistent with the findings of Mawia Joel 28 that large families were less likely to pay for chicken meat derived from insect-based feeds.…”

Section: Factors Influencing Wtp For Ofsp Puree Chapatisupporting

confidence: 90%

“…Income had a significant negative influence on consumer WTP for OFSP puree chapati in both areas. This finding is similar to that of Mawia Joel, 28 who reported a negative effect of income on consumer WTP for chicken meat derived from insect-based feeds. The negative effect of income on WTP for OFSP puree chapati could imply that wealthier consumers do not attach priority to the value addition in their chapati or OFSP since they can afford other alternative sources of vitamin A.…”

Section: Factors Influencing Wtp For Ofsp Puree Chapatisupporting

confidence: 88%

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Assessment of consumers’ preference for orange‐fleshed sweet potato puree chapati: a case of rural and urban consumers in Kenya

et al. 2023

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BACKGROUNDOrange‐fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) is bio‐fortified with vitamin A precursors through breeding and is thus ideal for combating vitamin A deficiency (VAD). One of the potential mechanisms to promote the consumption of OFSP is to enhance its availability through processing into products with a longer shelf life and more desirable to consumers. However, very few farmers and agro‐processors practice value addition due to market uncertainties; there is little information on market availability for OFSP products. This study examined consumers’ preference for OFSP puree chapati in rural and urban areas of Kenya, using the contingent valuation method. Data was collected from a random sample of 411 sweet potato consumers and a double‐bounded logit model was applied to analyze consumers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for OFSP puree chapati.RESULTSConsumers were willing to pay a price of Kenya shillings (KES) 19 (USD 0.14) and 35 (USD 0.26) for OFSP puree chapati in Homa Bay and Nairobi counties, respectively. The presence of children under 5 years in a household, consumers’ awareness of OFSP products and benefits of consuming OFSP, and level of education had a positive and significant influence on WTP for OFSP puree chapati in both regions.CONCLUSIONThe study demonstrated that consumers exhibited a positive preference for OFSP puree chapati. In order to increase the consumption of OFSP and its value‐added products, it is important to promote consumer awareness of OFSP puree chapati and other such nutritious products through cooking demonstrations and other nudging approaches using attractive illustrations and social media platforms that engage mothers and care‐givers of children under 5 years old as well as the youth. © 2023 The Authors. Journal of The Science of Food and Agriculture published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry.

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Section: Factors Influencing Wtp For Ofsp Puree Chapatisupporting

confidence: 90%

Section: Factors Influencing Wtp For Ofsp Puree Chapatisupporting

confidence: 88%

Assessment of consumers’ preference for orange‐fleshed sweet potato puree chapati: a case of rural and urban consumers in Kenya

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“…Factors affecting the price customers are willing to pay for insect-fed chicken meat include income, preference, insect type, market outlets, age, and education level. Gender and household size did not significantly influence the prices participants were willing to pay (Joel, 2018).…”

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“…Feed utilisation efficiency is the main objective of breeding strategies to cut costs and maximise production and, subsequently, profits. A study in Kenya revealed that most (93%) participants were willing to pay an average of KES 537.50 for every kilogram of meat produced from insect-fed chicken (Joel, 2018). The difference in willing-topay prices resulted from varying market prices of chicken meat in different counties.…”

Section: Contribution Of Termites To Smallholder-farmers' Food Securitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Nonetheless, termites are not always available, and the quantity present at a given time depends on the season, termite mound availability, and the termite species. In Kenya, the Improving Livelihoods by Increasing Livestock Production in Africa (ILIPA) project facilitates commercial insect rearing as a poultry production feed under the International Center for Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) headquartered in Nairobi (Joel, 2018). The project aims to provide a constant supply of affordable insect-based poultry feeds.…”

Section: Contribution Of Termites To Smallholder-farmers' Food Securitymentioning

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Growth Performance and Feed Conversion Efficiency of Indigenous Chicken Fed on Diet Supplemented with Termites (Macrotermes bellicosus)

Susan

Ouma²,

Lukuyu³

et al. 2023

East Afr. j. agric. biotechnol.

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In view of the emerging challenges of climate change and population growth, the need to ensure consumer health safety among other factors is paramount; this practice has not been standardised, and the health risks and impacts on the environment arising from the practice are not known. While the global consumption of chicken products especially chicken meat drastically increased over the years and the trend is expected to continue. Much of the increase in demand is in the developing countries coupled with demand for the four traditional feed ingredients; maise meal, soya bean meal, fish meal, and meat meal. In all three poultry production systems that are extensive, semi-intensive and intensive, a wide range of alternative feedstuffs should be available for use. Expanding populations will create greater demand for chicken products, and the importance of feed industry resources and production systems will increase. This therefore calls for a need to enhance efforts towards increased chicken productivity. This study, therefore, evaluated the growth performance, feed conversion efficiency, and cost-effectiveness of feed supplementation termite Macrotermes bellicosus for indigenous chicken diets. Three groups of twenty IC were placed on diets comprising prepared feeds with different termite inclusion levels (0%, 2.5% and 5%) for each group for six weeks. Results reveal that the termite supplementation provides high crude protein content (43.36%), which leads to enhanced weight gain but no significant differences in the FCR of ICs compared to conventional feeds. Supplementation at different levels offers varying outcomes regarding feed intake: IC on a diet T3 had a lower feed intake compared to T2 but registered higher FBW and SGR. The use of termites contributes to smallholder farms’ food security by providing a cheaper alternative to commercial poultry feeds; and also increases the market value of IC, thus, increasing the profitability of IC production

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The challenges of implementing antibiotic stewardship in diverse poultry value chains in Kenya

Hughes,

Roe,

Wambiya

et al. 2023

Agric Hum Values

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This paper investigates the challenges of implementing antibiotic stewardship – reducing and optimizing the use of antibiotics – in agricultural settings of Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) as a strategic part of addressing the global problem of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). It does so through analysis of the rapidly transforming yet diverse Kenyan poultry sector, characterized by growing commercial operations alongside traditional smallholder farming. Our research involves interviews with farmers, processors, policymakers, and agro-veterinary stores in these settings. We blend Chandler’s (2019, p. 8) notion of “antibiotics as infrastructure” with value chain frameworks to understand how the structural role of antibiotics in agriculture plays out through contrasting value chains, with different implications for stewardship. Weak regulation and intense market-based pressures are shown to drive widespread antibiotic use in poultry value chains involving small- and medium-sized farms supplying open markets. Antibiotic stewardship through adherence to agricultural and food safety standards is more evident, though unevenly observed, in value chains involving large commercial farms and processors supplying corporate buyers. Our findings reveal the complex structural roles of antibiotics in maintaining producer livelihoods in an intensely competitive and heterogeneous Kenyan poultry sector. This highlights challenges with applying global AMR policy to transforming food systems in LMICs without appropriate translation. We argue that attempts to reduce and optimize the use of antibiotics in agriculture must be informed by nuanced understandings of the roles of antibiotics in food systems in specific places including where very different scales and models of farming and value chain co-exist.

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Smallholder farmers’ willingness to pay for commercial insect-based chicken feed in Kenya

Cited by 5 publications

References 92 publications

Assessment of consumers’ preference for orange‐fleshed sweet potato puree chapati: a case of rural and urban consumers in Kenya

Assessment of consumers’ preference for orange‐fleshed sweet potato puree chapati: a case of rural and urban consumers in Kenya

Growth Performance and Feed Conversion Efficiency of Indigenous Chicken Fed on Diet Supplemented with Termites (Macrotermes bellicosus)

The challenges of implementing antibiotic stewardship in diverse poultry value chains in Kenya

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