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ArticleFoods (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Willingness of West African Consumers to Buy Food Produced Using Black Soldier Fly Larvae and Frass.

Ousmane Traore, Paul Alhassan Zaato, Jessica Kukua Baidoo, Shiferaw Feleke, Victor Manyong, Tahirou Abdoulaye, Rousseau Djouaka, Pepijn Schreinemachers, Malick Niango Ba

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Article in Foods (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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9 authors.

Ousmane TraoreWorld Vegetable Center, West and Central Africa-Dry Region, CIFOR-CNSRT, Ouagadougu 06 BP 9478, Burkina Faso.ORCID 0000-0002-5157-5360
Paul Alhassan ZaatoWorld Vegetable Center, West and Central Africa-Coastal and Humid Region, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Campus (CSIR), Kwadaso-Agric College, Kumasi P.O. Box 3785, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0002-1670-5326
Jessica Kukua BaidooWorld Vegetable Center, West and Central Africa-Coastal and Humid Region, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Campus (CSIR), Kwadaso-Agric College, Kumasi P.O. Box 3785, Ghana.
Shiferaw FelekeInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Dar es Salaam 34441, Tanzania.ORCID 0000-0002-0759-4070
Victor ManyongInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Dar es Salaam 34441, Tanzania.ORCID 0000-0003-2477-7132
Tahirou AbdoulayeInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Bamako 91094, Mali.ORCID 0000-0002-8072-1363
Rousseau DjouakaInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA-Benin), Cotonou 08-01000, Benin.
Pepijn SchreinemachersWorld Vegetable Center, East and Southeast Asia, P.O. Box 1010, Bangkok 10903, Thailand.ORCID 0000-0003-1596-3179
Malick Niango BaWorld Vegetable Center, West and Central Africa (WCA)-Coastal and Humid Regions, IITA-Benin Campus, Cotonou 08 BP 0932, Benin.ORCID 0000-0001-7323-8739

Funding

Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation not applicable
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of black soldier fly (BSF) larvae and frass in agriculture can make an important contribution to food and nutrition security. However, it is important to understand whether consumers are willing to consume food products resulting from the use of BSF larvae as animal feed or BSF frass as fertilizer. This study employed the stated preference approach as food products produced using BSF larvae and frass are not currently available on the market. Questionnaires were administered to a total of 4412 consumers in Ghana (1360), Mali (1603), and Niger (1449). The results show that the vast majority of respondents are willing to consume vegetables (88%) produced using BSF frass and meat (87%) produced using animal feed made of BSF larvae. A smaller percentage of respondents are even willing to pay USD 1.32 and USD 1.7 more if the base price of BSF-based products were USD 5 per kg. Age, gender, education, and country positively influenced the respondents' willingness to consume food produced using BSF products. In contrast, neighborhood status, income, and household size are inversely related to the respondents' willingness to pay for and consume these products. Our findings are, therefore, important to scaling up BSF technologies in the region.

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black soldier flyGhanaMalimunicipal solid wasteNigerorganicwillingness to pay

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PMID39272590
PMCPMC11394802

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