ANIMAL FOODS DEMAND IN EAST JAVA, INDONESIA: The Quadratic Almost Ideal Demand System Approach

Authors

  • Nikmatul Anik Khoiriyah Deparment of Agribusiness, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Islam Malang Author

Abstract

Households in East Java consume protein below the minimum standard of Indonesian national protein adequacy. This study aims to analyze the influence of socio-economic, price and income on animal food demand in East Java. A Quadratic Almost Ideal Demand System (QUAIDS) is employed to estimate price and income  elasticities, also the impact of socio-demographic factors on animal food demand. The research data using Susenas 2016 data from 26,646 households. The results showed that a 1 percent increase in income will increase demand for eggs, chicken, beef, fish and milk by 0.53, 1.23, 1.99, 1.49 and 2.14 percent. Milk is most sensitive to the household income changing and then followed by beef. An increase in the number of household members decreases the demand for milk, fish and chicken. Milk is substitute with eggs and is complementary with chicken, beef, and fish. The increase in income followed by the decrease in egg price, chicken price, fish price and milk price will reduce beef demand by 1.06 percent. Keywords: demand system, animal food, QUAIDS

Author Biography

  • Nikmatul Anik Khoiriyah, Deparment of Agribusiness, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Islam Malang

    Nikmatul Khoiriyah is a third-year Doctoral Program of Agricultural Sciences, Brawijaya University of Malang, Indonesia. She is a lecturer in Department of Agribusiness, University of Islam Malang. She received funds through the Doctoral Program of Doctoral Dissertation in 2018 from the Ministry of Research and Technology and Higher Education. She is interested in food demand system in urban and rural households.

Published

2018-09-01

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2018): The 1st ICoSTES 2018

Section

Basic Sciences