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How African Households Shop: Evidence from Dairy Chains in Ethiopia

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  • Alemayehu Dekeba Bekele

    (Radboud University)

  • Joost Beuving

    (Radboud University)

  • Ruerd Ruben

    (Wageningen University)

Abstract

Modern food retail outlets have expanded rapidly in Africa, yet their diffusion into the semi-processed and perishable sector is not well understood. Consumption is helpful in understanding the reasons for this: applying a novel demand-side perspective to the dairy sector in Ethiopia, we show how increased economic ability, the presence of educated adult women and retail outlet attributes are key factors shaping household purchasing behaviour. Nevertheless, contrary to previous studies, we found a varied effect of these factors across dairy products. It suggests that modern retail diffusion into dairy supply chains is limited by lower prices, the perceived quality of dairy products and the reputation of traditional retail channels. Thus, we add to discussions of how African households shop an analysis of non-price factors in the development of retail channels.

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  • Alemayehu Dekeba Bekele & Joost Beuving & Ruerd Ruben, 2017. "How African Households Shop: Evidence from Dairy Chains in Ethiopia," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 29(4), pages 806-826, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:eurjdr:v:29:y:2017:i:4:d:10.1057_s41287-016-0062-3
    DOI: 10.1057/s41287-016-0062-3
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