Summarises the findings of a seroes of case studies in Asia and Africa on demand for quality and safety in animal products, criteria people use in determining quality and safety, and how they value them in the market.

A survey was conducted of 982 indigenous households in Southern Nigeria between October 1988 and March 1989. Results show that 70 percent of the sample households consumed some dairy products. Consumption prevalence and regularity of consumption of local products was higher around the points of...

Stochastic frontier production function was used to assess technical efficiency and its determinants for a stratified sample of 1118 poultry farms in Vietnam for which data were collected in 1999. In general there are significant differences in the production behaviour and efficiency level...