TY - JOUR

T1 - Consumers’ preferences for “bicycle poultry” in Benin

T2 - implications for the design of breeding schemes

AU - Sodjinou, Epiphane

AU - Henningsen, Arne

AU - Koudande, Delphin O.

AU - Biaou, Gauthier

AU - Mensah, Guy Apollinaire

PY - 2015

Y1 - 2015

N2 - Village poultry, also termed "bicycle poultry," is produced in scavenging farming systems and is a chewy meat with a low fat content, and constitutes an important source of meat in many African countries. This study investigates consumers’ preferences regarding the physical traits of these birds (notably chickens, ducks and guinea fowl) in the Republic of Benin. For this purpose, we applied the hedonic price method on field data collected from retailers in four urban and five rural markets. We found that meatier drake and meatier guinea fowl with white plumage are preferred by consumers who are willing to pay a premium for these types of birds. The factors which significantly influence the price of chicken are the breed of the bird, the plumage color, the meatiness and the age of the bird. Consumers are willing to pay a price premium for meatier birds of traditional breeds with white plumage color and aged between six and twelve months. Thus, efforts to improve local breeds should stress these preferred traits.

AB - Village poultry, also termed "bicycle poultry," is produced in scavenging farming systems and is a chewy meat with a low fat content, and constitutes an important source of meat in many African countries. This study investigates consumers’ preferences regarding the physical traits of these birds (notably chickens, ducks and guinea fowl) in the Republic of Benin. For this purpose, we applied the hedonic price method on field data collected from retailers in four urban and five rural markets. We found that meatier drake and meatier guinea fowl with white plumage are preferred by consumers who are willing to pay a premium for these types of birds. The factors which significantly influence the price of chicken are the breed of the bird, the plumage color, the meatiness and the age of the bird. Consumers are willing to pay a price premium for meatier birds of traditional breeds with white plumage color and aged between six and twelve months. Thus, efforts to improve local breeds should stress these preferred traits.

U2 - 10.4074/S196696071500301X

DO - 10.4074/S196696071500301X

M3 - Journal article

VL - 96

SP - 389

EP - 409

JO - Revue d'Etudes en Agriculture et Environnement

JF - Revue d'Etudes en Agriculture et Environnement

SN - 1966-9607

IS - 03

ER -