"The 2010 RUFORUM Biennial Conference was the second in the series. The main objective of the Biennial conferences is to provide a platform for agricultural research for development stakeholders in Africa and beyond to actively exchange findings and experiences, while at the same time learning lessons towards improving performance of the agricultural sector and ultimately people’s livelihoods. The biennial conference is RUFORUM’s most comprehensive meeting for the diversity of stakeholers in agriculture. It is especially dedicated to graduate students and their supervisors, grantees in RUFORUM member universities and alumni. It is a platform for peer review, quality control, mentorship, networking and shared learning. This record contains an extended abstract accepted under the theme socio-economics".
Determinants of fast-food consumption in Kampala, Uganda
Abstract:
Consumption of fast-foods in Uganda is becoming an
increasingly important component of the food market as high
income and busier consumers choose to dine out rather than
prepare meals at home. Despite the importance of the fastfoods
sector in providing market for various agricultural
products, particularly Solanum potatoes, poultry products and
beef, limited attempts have been made to study the consumption
and expenditure behaviour of consumers of fast-foods. The
main objective of this study was to identify factors influencing
the consumption of fast-foods in Kampala, Uganda. Descriptive
statistics showed that chips, chicken, sausages, meat and chaps
were the most commonly consumed fast-foods. Poor nutritional
value and high prices were the major reasons for nonconsumption
of fast-foods. Results from both the Probit and
OLS models showed that most of the variables hypothesized
significantly influenced the probability and level of fast-food
consumption.
La consommation de « fast-foods » en Ouganda est devenue
une composante de plus en plus importante du marché
alimentaire comme un revenu élevé. Les consommateurs les
plus occupés ont choisi de dîner en ville plutôt que de préparer
des repas à la maison. Malgré l’importance du secteur des
« fast-foods » dans la fourniture de marché pour divers produits
agricoles, en particulier les pommes de terre Solanum, produits
de volaille et de bœuf. Des tentatives limitées ont été faites
pour étudier les comportements de consommation et les
dépenses des consommateurs de « fast-foods ». L’objectif
principal de cette étude était d’identifier les facteurs qui influent
la consommation de fast-foods à Kampala, en Ouganda. Des
statistiques descriptives ont montré que les frites, le poulet, les
saucisses, la viande et le « chaps » sont les plus couramment
consommés comme « fast-foods ». La faible valeur nutritive
et les prix élevés ont été les principales raisons de nonconsommation
de f « fast-foods ». Les résultats à partir de deux modèles, Probit et OLS, ont montré que la plupart des
hypothèses variables ont influencé de façon significative la
probabilité et le niveau de consommation de «fast-food ».
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English
Date of publication:
2010
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East Africa
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RUFORUM Conferences and Workshops
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Open Access
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Printed resource
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1719-1724
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