Do Staple Food Consumption Patterns Affect Household Food Waste in Rural China?

Nanyan Hu, Jiachen Guan, Yonghao Hu, Laping Wu

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Article in Foods (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Nanyan HuCollege of Economics and Management, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China.ORCID 0009-0003-8284-4521

Jiachen GuanInstitute of Technology and Economy of Grain Industry, Academy of National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration, Beijing 100045, China.

Yonghao HuCollege of Economics and Management, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China.

Laping WuCollege of Economics and Management, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9845-6879

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The National Social Science Fund of China 22&ZD087

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Abstract

This study utilizes a national database derived from large-scale surveys to examine the impact of staple food consumption patterns on household food waste in rural China. Using the Tobit model, the findings show that staple food consumption significantly influences food waste. Specifically, southern households, where rice is the staple food, waste 44% more food than their northern counterparts, where wheat is the staple. To address potential self-selection bias, the study employs the propensity score matching (PSM) model to validate the robustness of these results. Further heterogeneity analysis shows that the effect of staple food consumption on food waste is more pronounced in larger rural households with children. These results underscore the importance of dietary culture in explaining regional disparities in food waste across China.

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food wastehouseholdstaple food consumption patternTobit model

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PMID40361666

DOI10.3390/foods14091584

PMCPMC12071829

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