This paper aims at simulating optimal prices satisfying public health recommendations in terms of nutrient adequacy. This implies to estimatea complete food demand system in order to compute price elasticities. Food consumption behaviors are described by an AI functional form [Deaton and...

The provision of nutrition and health information on food labels is increasing as an industry and regulation answer to the growing consumer concern with diet-health relationships. Prior research has shown that the presence of this information on food labels is valued by consumers; however there...

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In this study we use a comprehensive household income and expenditure survey with a sample of 245 respondents representing urban and rural households in the Renk County of South Sudan to assess the prevalence of poverty and inequality in the study area. We used the cost of basic needs; to...