Income, urbanisation and consumption of processed foods

Implications for nutrition and health policies for India

Bibliographic Data

ID21594414
AuthorsKhondoker Abdul Mottaleb (0000-0002-2666-1152, Sustainablerc Agrifood Systems Program International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) Texcoco Mexico, corresponding author), Ashok K Mishra (0000-0002-7570-0138, Kemper and Ethel Marley Foundation Chair, Morrison School of Agribusiness Arizona State University, W.P. Carey School of Business Mesa Arizona USA)
Year2023
Volume35
Issue5
Pages688-715
Publication date2023-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of International Development (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0954-1748 • E-ISSN: 1099-1328
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/jid.3686
OpenAlexW4285591877
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited54

India has witnessed a rapid rise in personal income, increased spending on infrastructure and construction and urbanisation in the past three decades. Households have changed their eating habits by purchasing more processed food. This study examines the factors affecting India's consumption of and expenditures on processed foods. The study uses information from three rounds of data collected by the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) and probit and selection bias‐controlled tobit and ordinary least square (OLS) estimation procedures to estimate the empirical model. Findings reveal that the average expected per capita monthly spending on processed foods increased by about 77% between 1990–1991 and 2011–2012. An increase in total consumption expenditure and rapid urbanisation were the primary drivers of consumption and spending on processed foods by Indian households. Secondly, households with salaried or stable incomes were more likely to consume processed foods than other households. This study suggests public and private initiatives to improve human health and nutritional outcomes in Indian households. The government should strengthen food safety regulations related to processed food preparation, distribution and consumption

Aggregate expenditure · Agricultural economics · Business · Consumer Expenditure Survey · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Estimation · Geography · Household income · Ordered probit · Per capita · Population · Probit · Probit model · Public economics · Purchasing · Socioeconomics · Tobit model · Urbanization · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability · Medicine · Social and Economic Development in India

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