Rural Development Strategies

Survey of food demand in Iran among rural households

Document Type : Original Research

Authors

Mohaddeseh Tavakkoli 1
Alireza Karbasi 2

1 2- Ph.D. Candidate in agricultural economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

2 Associate Professor of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad Deanship of Torbat Heydarieh University

10.22048/rdsj.2025.416397.2132
Abstract
In developing countries, one-size-fits-all policies often lead to harming the poor and vulnerable. The demand for different food groups in urban and rural areas and income groups is different, and changes in food prices can have different effects on different social and geographical groups and also have different consequences for poverty and food insecurity. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate the characteristics of food demand in Iran for 14 food groups during 2019 and 2020 using almost ideal second order demand systems. For this purpose, the raw data of Iran Statistics Center has been used and the data required for the estimation process was extracted by coding the mentioned raw data in Excel and STATA software was used to check the purpose of the study. The results of the study showed that the elasticity of expenditure of food groups increased in 2020 compared to 2019, and the average monthly expenditure of all food groups increased significantly in 2020 compared to 2019, which is due to the lack of change or insignificant change in the budget share. These groups, this change can be seen as caused by inflation; These results show a decrease in the well-being of households. Although bread and grains are the main food items of rural households, but considering the consumption pattern of rural households, the production of other food items should be increased and control inflation to solve the problem of food security.

Keywords

Food demand
Consumption characteristics
QUAIDS model

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