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Identifying Socioeconomic Characteristics Defining Consumers’ Acceptance for Main Organoleptic Attributes of an Iron-biofortified Bean Variety in Guatemala

International Journal on Food System Dynamics

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Title Identifying Socioeconomic Characteristics Defining Consumers’ Acceptance for Main Organoleptic Attributes of an Iron-biofortified Bean Variety in Guatemala
 
Creator Pérez, Salomón
Buriticab, Alexander
Oparinde, Adewale
Birol, Ekin
Gonzalez, Carolina
Zeller, Manfred
 
Subject biofortification; iron; bean; sensory evaluation; consumer acceptance; cluster analysis
 
Description The success of biofortification, the process of generating new staple crops varieties with higher micronutrient content, depends on whether those biofortified cultivars are accepted by target populations. Consumer behavior economics argues that socioeconomic, cultural and biological characteristics define consumer preferences for specific product attribute. This study aims to establish which socio-demographic characteristics predict respondents’ preferences for the main sensory attributes of an iron bean variety. A home use testing approach and sensory evaluation was applied to 360 families in northwest Guatemala. We found that revealed preferences are mostly culturally formed and market related, more than influenced by socio-demographic characteristics.
 
Publisher CentMA
 
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Date 2017-07-10
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://centmapress.ilb.uni-bonn.de/ojs/index.php/fsd/article/view/834
10.18461/ijfsd.v8i3.834
 
Source International Journal on Food System Dynamics; Vol 8, No 3 (2017); 222 - 235
1869-6945
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://centmapress.ilb.uni-bonn.de/ojs/index.php/fsd/article/view/834/722
 
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