Imports and nutritional quality of foods in the Caribbean. Evidence from the French West Indies

Viola Lamani (), Sophie Drogué, Zoé Colombet () and Caroline Méjean ()
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Viola Lamani: UMR ART-Dev - Acteurs, Ressources et Territoires dans le Développement - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - UPVM - Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 - UPVD - Université de Perpignan Via Domitia - UM - Université de Montpellier - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Zoé Colombet: UMR MOISA - Marchés, Organisations, Institutions et Stratégies d'Acteurs - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - CIHEAM-IAMM - Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier - CIHEAM - Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Montpellier SupAgro - Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement
Caroline Méjean: UMR MOISA - Marchés, Organisations, Institutions et Stratégies d'Acteurs - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - CIHEAM-IAMM - Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier - CIHEAM - Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Montpellier SupAgro - Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement

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Abstract: This paper investigates the determinants of the nutritional quality of food imports in the French West Indies (Guadeloupe and Martinique), from 1995 to 2016. We use an original dataset reconciling data at the six-digit level of the Harmonized System with data from the French food composition table (Ciqual 2017). We estimate the impact of several socioeconomic factors on per-capita imports of key markers of the nutrition transition: animal protein, saturated fat, sugar and ber. Results show a positive association between per-capita GDP, retail expansion, urbanization and nutrition outcomes. No robust evidence is found to link the female labor force participation rate and nutrition outcomes. Regional trade agreements are shown to have a positive and signi cant impact only on per-capita imports of sugar.

Keywords: Food imports; Nutrition transition; Nutritional quality; Guadeloupe; Martinique (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-12-06
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Published in 4th International Conference on Global Food Security: Achieving Local and Global Food Security: at What Costs?, Dec 2020, Montpellier [Online conference], France. 25 p

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