Estimating strawberry attributes’ market equilibrium values

Jong Woo Choi, Chengyan Yue, James Luby, Shuoli Zhao, Karina Gallardo, Vicki McCracken, Jim McFerson

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Abstract

We conducted choice experiments with both strawberry producers and consumers. Consumer and producer willingness to pay (WTP) for the fruit attributes were estimated using mixed logit models. Through simulation using the mixed logit model results, we derived the market equilibrium prices, supply and demand curve, as well as quantities demanded and supplied for every fruit attribute. We found the highest equilibrium price was for strawberry internal color followed by flavor. Strawberry breeders can use the information when setting breeding targets, allocating resources appropriately during their breeding process and focusing on the improvement of attributes that produce the highest social surplus and total revenue.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)742-748
Number of pages7
JournalHortScience
Volume52
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017

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© 2017, American Society for Horticultural Science. All rights reserved.

Keywords

  • Choice experiment
  • Consumer
  • Fruit attribute
  • Producer

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Horticulture

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