Assessing protectionism and its impact from consumers' perspective: The case of Senegal's poultry import ban

• Published date: 01 May 2021
• Author: Mavis Boimah,Daniela Weible
• Date: 01 May 2021
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/wfp2.12025

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World Food Policy. 2021;7:26–40.

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Accepted: 10 March 2021

DOI: 10.1002/wfp2.12025

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Assessing protectionism and its impact from

consumers' perspective: The case of Senegal's

poultry import ban

MavisBoimah

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DanielaWeible

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[Article updated April 11, 2021 after first online publication: Sections 3.3 through 3.5 were renumbered to fall under section

3.2. They are now numbered as 3.2.1, 3.2.2, and 3.2.3.]

Institute of Market Analysis, Johann

Heinrich von Thuenen Institute, Federal

Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry

and Fisheries, Braunschweig, Germany

Correspondence

Mavis Boimah, Institute of Market

Analysis, Johann Heinrich von Thuenen

Institute, Federal Research Institute for

Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries,

Bundesallee 63, 38116 Braunschweig,

Germany.

Email: mavis.boimah@thuenen.de

Funding information

German Federal Ministry of Food and

Agriculture (BMEL), Grant/Award

Number: 28N1800017

Abstract

Import ban, an extreme form of restriction prohibiting the

trade of a good is implemented under different scenarios

including an outbreak of a disease to prevent the spread of

infection. While such a policy may have varying degrees of

impact on different sectors of the domestic economy, end-

users of the good in question are key to providing useful in-

formation on its success or failure. In this regard, this study

was conducted to assess the impact of Senegal's poultry im-

port ban from consumers' perspective using focus group dis-

cussions. Themes arising from the analysis of the data show

that the import ban has contributed to the development of

the domestic poultry sector, providing jobs for many along

the poultry value chain. Furthermore, the supply of domes-

tic chicken has witnessed a surge contributing to an over-

all fall in prices. Notwithstanding, the ban is neglecting the

group of consumers who are driven by convenience, prod-

uct diversity, and safety when purchasing chicken meat.

Modernization of the sector in relation to infrastructure for

processing, storage, in addition to the education and train-

ing of actors on hygiene in the meat distribution chain are

crucial if the gains made by the domestic poultry industry

are to be sustained.