Observability of food safety losses in maize: Evidence from Kenya

Vivian Hoffmann, Samuel K. Mutiga, Jagger W. Harvey, Rebecca J. Nelson and Michael G. Milgroom

Food Policy, 2021, vol. 98, issue C

Abstract: Like many other quality attributes, food safety tends to degrade after harvest, but unlike losses in quantity and many quality attributes, food safety losses are not readily observable by market actors. This implies the absence of incentives to address food safety losses specifically. To the extent that food safety is correlated with valued and observable food attributes, food safety losses may affect price indirectly, partially correcting this information failure.

Keywords: Food safety; Missing information; Food quality; Kenya; Maize; Aflatoxin (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2020.101895

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