Minten, Bart; Murshid, K.A.S.; Reardon, Thomas - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012
In Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh—one of the poorest countries in Asia, where rice accounts for almost 70 percent of consumers’ caloric intake—the share of the less expensive coarse rice is shown to be rapidly decreasing in rice markets and the quality premium for the fine rice has been...