Agricultural Economics Research Review
  • Year: 2021
  • Volume: 34
  • Issue: 1

Fish consumption in India: Probability and demand

1Kumaraguru Institute of Agriculture, Erode, 638 315, Tamil Nadu

2Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai, 600 020, Tamil Nadu

*Corresponding author: pazhani650@gmail.com

Online published on 29 September, 2021.

Abstract

This study analyses the dietary and fish consumption patterns of Indian households and the determinants of these patterns. A hike in the price reduced demand and the probability of consumption. High-income households consumed more fish than middle-and low-income households, but low-income households spent a high proportion of their total household expenditure on fish. An increase in per capita income raised demand and the probability of consumption. Consumption is driven also by the education, age, and household head; the number of household members who earn a regular salary; and a household's food practices away from home.

Keywords

Fish, Price, Income, Households, Heckman, Consumption, National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO)