Consumers’ preferences for animal-source foods and retail outlets: The case of Tanzania
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Growth in population and income, as well as urbanisation, are contributing to the growing
consumption of high-value foods in developing countries. However, public and private investments
targeting high-value agricultural markets are constrained by limited information on the quality
dimensions of the market, the nature of traditional retail formats, and consumer segmentation. This
paper presents a simple and appropriate methodology to provide such information, and applies it in
Tanzania to animal-sourced foods. It features a rapid survey, which is then aligned with nationally
representative survey data. The results show that Tanzanian consumers demand, and are anticipated
to continue demanding, relatively good-quality animal products but in rather low-valued product
forms. Consumer segments are differentiated by level of wealth and by choice of retail format and
retail product form, rather than by quality per se.