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Утилизация консументами взвешенного вещества первичной продукции в планктонном сообществе
Provedor de dados: 13
Autores: Чмыр, В. Д.
Проведен расчётный анализ кинетики взвешенного вещества первичной продукции в планктонном сообществе. Найдены коэффициенты, позволяющие определять количество потребляемого консументами органического вещества фитопланктона в эксперименте по величине приобретаемой ими за время экспозиции радиоуглеродной метки. В зависимости от удельных значений продукции фитопланктона и дыхания консументов, получаемые в эксперименте исходные значения суточного рациона следует умножить в 1.05 – 11 раз, а суточной ассимиляции – в 1.16 – 33.02 раза. На основе проведенных в экваториальной Атлантике экспериментов по накоплению радиоуглеродной метки сетным зоопланктоном рассчитаны также значения вторичной продукции мезозоопланктона. Суточная ассимиляция органического вещества...
Tipo: Journal Contribution
Palavras-chave: Фитопланктон; Первичная продукция; Радиоуглеродный метод; Консументы; Мезозоопланктон; Вторичная продукция; Phytoplankton; Primary production; Radiocarbon method; Consumers; Mesozooplankton; Secondary production Consumers Phytoplankton Primary production Secondary production Consumers Primary production Phytoplankton http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_28315 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_34329 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_13344.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://repository.ibss.org.ua/dspace/handle/99011/309

Producción y comercialización de calamar en el Uruguay
Provedor de dados: 20
Autores: Leta, H.R.
Durante los últimos cinco años, el Gobierno de Uruguay a través del Instituto Nacional de Pesca (INAPE), y con la asistencia de FAO llevó a cabo el Programa de Desarrollo Pesquero. Sobre la base de un mejor conocimiento de 105 recursos pesqueros la Industria Pesquera Uruguaya ha crecido considerablemente, a modo de ejemplo, la captura total anual se ha incrementado de 26.000 TM (1975) a 108.000 TM (1979). A pesar de este desarrollo, Uruguay, cuenta con recursos pesqueros, como el del calamar, que aún se encuentran subexplotados. En consecuencia, el programa de investigaciones de INAPE para 1980 incluyó un estudio integral de la explotación del calamar como un primer paso hacia el desarrollo de una pesquería de dicho recurso. Este trabajo presenta los...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Processed fishery products; Fishery products; Processing fishery products; Marketing; Consumers; Prices; Seafood; Industrial products statistics; Fishery products; Marketing; Consumers; Prices; Http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2941; Http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_4620; Http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_28315; Http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6178.
Ano: 1981
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1834/2565

Distributional Impacts of Food Price Changes on Consumer Welfare in Hungary and Romania following EU Accession
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hubbard,   Carmen; Szigeti,   Judith; Podruzsik,   Szilard.
This paper focuses on the estimation of changes in economic welfare (real income) on different groups (income deciles) of Hungarian and Romanian consumers following food price changes as a result of accession to the European Union (EU) in 2004 and 2007. It identifies in both countries those consumer groups most vulnerable to food price changes using the most recent, official, post accession data. Slutsky Compensating Variation, based on Laspeyres indexes is employed for a food basket of 16 products. The results show that real food prices have changed with some going up and others falling. However, overall both Hungary and Romania have experienced a rise in real food prices by 9 per cent and 20 per cent, respectively. The rise in food prices has resulted in...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Prices; Consumers; Welfare; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95036

AN EVALUATION OF CONSUMER SEGMENTS FOR FARMERS’ MARKET CONSUMERS IN INDIANA AND ILLINOIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Arrington,   Kendra; Dennis,   Jennifer H.; Mazzocco,   Michael A.
In Spring 2005 and Fall 2009 consumer surveys were collected in several Metropolitan 4 cities in Indiana and Illinois to explore differences based on psychographic and behavioral 5 characteristics of farmers’ market consumers. Consumer intercept surveys were conducted in: 6 South Bend, IN; Bloomington, IN; Springfield, IL and Peoria, IL. Likert scale questions were 7 analyzed using factor and hierarchical cluster analysis to identify clusters of consumers based on 8 several farmers’ market characteristics. Survey results show that of the 164 Metropolitan 9 surveys analyzed, 85.3% of respondents were Caucasian, 71.9% were between the ages of 35 and 10 64 and 78% were female. Data analysis showed that four clusters were formed: Recreational 11 (42%),...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cluster analysis; Consumers; Farmers’ market; Primary data; Surveys; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93919

Evidence on the Value of EU Quality Certification Schemes. The Case of Dry-cured Ham in Spain
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Resano,   H.; Ana,   I. Sanjuan; Albisu,   Luis Miguel.
Consumer’s preferences for cured ham are investigated with conjoint analysis. A mixed rank-ordered logit model which allows the investigation for heterogeneous preferences and its sources is estimated. In particular, we analyse to what extent consumers’ socio-demographic traits affect their price-sensitiveness and whether consumer’s sensory (hedonic) valuations and attitudes towards ham with a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) affect the preferences for specific attributes. The results show that consumers with a low-medium age and income are more price sensitive. Consumers more leaned sensorially towards the own regional product (with or without PDO), are more inclined to purchase this product, and consumers with a more favourable attitude towards PDO...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Mixed rank-ordered logit; Conjoint analysis; Heterogeneous preferences; Consumers; Cured ham.; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58117

Assessing rural consumers’ WTP for orange, biofortified maize in Ghana with experimental auctions and a simulated radio message
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: De Groote,   Hugo; Tomlins,   Keith; Haleegoah,   Joyce; Awool,   Manfred; Frimpong,   Benedicta; Banerji,   Abijit; Chowdury,   Shyamal K.; Meenakshi,   J.V.
Deficiencies of micronutrients such as vitamin A are widespread, expecially in Africa. Biofortified crops such as maize, bred for high levels of provitamin A might offer a solution, but these crops are often bright orange, and African maize consumers prefer white. To estimate the consumers interest in orange biofortified maize, sensory evaluations were organized in rural Ghana with white, yellow and orange maize. The effect of information on willingness to pay for biofortification was estimated using a simulated radio message. Results indicate that color preferences are highly regional, wide variation exist within regions, and the provision of information is able to change these preferences. The color of biofortified maize should therefore not be seen as...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Maize; Biofortification; Consumers; Experimental auction; Sensory evaluation; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96197

Do Labour Standards have a Role in International Trade?: Private Standards, Preferential Trade Agreements or the WTO
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bakhshi,   Samira; Kerr,   William A.
It is now common for producers (economic protectionism), consumers and social advocates (humanitarian motives) to urge for the inclusion of labour standards in international trade agreements. In spite of this, there has been little empirical work to determine whether low labour standards lead to trade distortions. This paper provides some empirical evidence pertaining to this question. Consumer groups, social advocates and traditional vested interests such as labour unions have attempted to have labour standards included in WTO disciplines. In the absence of success at the WTO, the relationship between labour standards and international trade has, however, been evolving in the areas of private standards and preferential trade agreements. Given the role...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Consumers; Food processing; Labour standards; Preferential trade agreements; Trade distortion; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; International Development; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90883

Cattle breeding in Northern Australia: Revealing how consumers react to new technologies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pluske,   Johanna M.; Burton,   Michael P.; Rigby,   Dan; Vercoe,   Philip E.
In Australia, Bos taurus cattle breeds produce high quality meat, superior in taste and tenderness characteristics. Nevertheless, these breeds do not thrive in the Northern Australian environment. Stem cell transplant techniques could improve northern beef cattle breeding programs by facilitating crossbreeding via natural service. Focus groups were used in this study to explore consumer reaction to reproduction technologies and the implications for buying intentions. Findings suggested that consumers may react negatively to unconventional breeding technologies but the degree of this aversion is contingent upon how the technology is described. These findings are relevant for preparation of choice modeling surveys.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Non-market valuation; Consumers; Focus groups; New technologies; Beef.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48167

Assessing Information Bias and Food Safety
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Conley,   Dennis M.; Wade,   Mark A.
Imperfect information can lead to market failure and be an external factor impacting managers of agribusiness firms. A matrix method approach to content analysis was conducted by independent judges based upon established typologies. Food safety articles from consumer publications were examined, and information received by consumers was found to be biased.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food safety; Information bias; Consumers; Media; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Marketing; Q10; Q13; Q16.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53642

Consumers' Perceptions about Food Quality Attributes and Their Incidence in Argentinean Organic Choices
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rodriguez,   Elsa M.; Lupin,   Beatriz; Lacaze,   Maria Victoria.
There is an increasing consumers' concern for food safety and quality and, at the same time, there has been a significant market increment in differentiated or high value products consumption, including organic products. The lack of empirical research in Argentina regarding consumers' awareness of food safety brought our attention. Therefore, the objective of this paper is to analyse consumers' perceptions about the risk and quality attributes of food consumption; and to evaluate the incidence of these factors when buying organic products in Argentina. The Lancaster model (1966) provided the theoretical basis for the use of products attributes and characteristics to analyse the incidence of these attributes in consumers' choices. The data used in this...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food safety; Quality attributes; Consumers; Organics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Q18; D1.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25791

An hedonic approach applied to scanner data on cured ham purchases in Spain
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Resano,   H.; Sanjuan,   Ana Isabel.
A quantity-dependent hedonic model is used to study consumers’ actual purchases of cured ham, recorded through scanner in Spain, between April 2003 and March 2004. A Zero Inflated Negative Binomial (ZIB) model is applied because of the high proportion of zero purchase-values and the finding of overdispersion in the data. Ham characteristics are used as explanatory variables, such as breed, origin, EU Quality Certification squemes (PDO, PGI, STG), type of brand (producer’s and distributor’s), sale format (whole leg, vacuum packaged, on request), ripening period and price. Monthly dummies variables are also added to capture a possible seasonal effect. The results show that the distributor’s brand, the whole leg sale format, the origin Teruel and its...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Hedonic analysis; Consumers; Zero inflated negative binomial; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44383

Are Consumers Indeed Misled? Congruency in Consumers' Attitudes towards Wine Labeling Information versus Revealed Preferences from a Choice Experiment
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mueller,   Simone C.; Umberger,   Wendy J.
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Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Discrete choice experiment vs. attitude measurement; Food labeling; Willingness to pay; Consumers; Wine; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Marketing.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61331

Finnish Citizens' Attitudes towards Multifunctional Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hyytia,   Nina; Kola,   Jukka.
This paper examines Finnish citizens' attitudes towards multifunctional agriculture and further, the connections among these attitudes, consumers' willingness to pay, and some socio economic factors. Attitudinal dimensions were executed by using factor analysis. The respondents (N=1300) were distributed into clusters based on their attitudes. It would be expected that people who have positive attitudes, would also state high values of WTP. Instead, this study suggests that attitudes and open-ended WTP do not have a positive relation. People are willing to support domestic agriculture as a provider of safe and high-quality food. However, a remarkable proportion of Finnish citizens have a positive attitude towards externalities and joint products of...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural policies; Consumers; Public goods; WTP; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8203

Improving Market Access for Small and Mid-sized Producers through Food Industry Electronic Infrastructure MarketMaker
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cho,   Khin Mar; Tobias,   Donald Jerome.
In recent years there has been a growth in the interest of consumers to buy more locally. An increasing number of farmers are trying to meet the growing demand for locally produced products. Here in New York State, farmers who are direct marketing their product, either direct to consumer or direct to wholesale markets constantly are looking for additional avenues to connect to current customers or grow their customer base. NY MarketMaker is one avenue farmers across New York can utilize to make connections with their customers. This powerhouse database connects buyers, sellers and transportation services and is easily searchable, even for the „technologically‟ challenged. Cornell Cooperative Extension (CUCE) in New York City began this project with the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Industry; Market; Producers; Processors; Retailers; Consumers; New York; Marketing.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56564

Labour Standards as a Justification for Trade Barriers: Consumer Concerns, Protectionism and the Evidence
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bakhshi,   Samira; Kerr,   William A.
In this article, justifications by producers (economic protectionism), consumers and social advocates (humanitarian motives) for including labour standards in international trade agreements are discussed. To date, little work has been undertaken to determine empirically whether low labour standards lead to trade distortions. This article provides some empirical evidence pertaining to this question. Consumer groups, social advocates and traditional vested interests such as labour unions have attempted to have labour standards included in WTO disciplines. In the absence of success at the WTO, the relationship between labour standards and international trade has, however, been evolving in the areas of private standards and preferential trade agreements. Given...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumers; Food processing; Labour standards; Preferential trade agreements; Trade distortion; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; International Relations/Trade; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90587

Social Limits to Trust. The Significance of Embeddedness for Consumers Coping with Uncertainty
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dulsrud,   Arne; Norberg,   Hans Martin.
Except for few studies, not many have analyzed the significance of embeddedness and networks for consumers coping with uncertainty. In our explorative study based on focus groups in Norway and Germany, consumers’ attitudes to purchasing of seafood are further explored. We find that fish in various contexts is conceived as “spooky”, which signifies its credence attributes. According to a conversational analysis, we find that consumers classify seafood along various dimensions associated with both health risk and sensory quality. Most salient is the distinction between fresh fish and frozen fish. Whereas frozen fish very seldom entails notions of risk, purchasing of fresh fish evokes scepticism and uncertainty. We discuss strategies among consumers for...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumers; Trust; Information; Embeddedness; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7760

Tariffs and quotas that lower prices and raise welfare
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Perloff,   Jeffrey M.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Consumers; Economics; Equilibrium; Import; Quotas; International Relations/Trade; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 1993
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47254

Low-cost options for reducing consumer health risks from farm to fork where crops are irrigated with polluted water in West Africa.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Amoah,   Philip; Keraita,   Bernard; Akple,   Maxwell; Drechsel,   Pay; Abaidoo,   Robert Clement; Konradsen,   Flemming.
To identify interventions which reduce health risks of consumers where highly polluted irrigation water is used to irrigate vegetables in West Africa, scientists worked over 5 years with farmers, market traders and street food vendors in Ghana. The most promising low-cost interventions with high adoption potential were analyzed for their ability to reduce common levels of pathogens (counts of fecal coliforms and helminth eggs). The analysis showed the combination potential of various interventions, especially on-farm and during vegetable washing in line with the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines. The tested market-based interventions were important to prevent new or additional contamination.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Urban agriculture; Consumers; Public health; Health hazards; Risk management; Vegetable growing; Wastewater irrigation; Irrigation methods; Irrigation practices; Wastewater treatment; Filtration; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Health Economics and Policy; Production Economics.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108673

The main problems of food allergic consumers concerning food labeling: an ethnographic study
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Voordouw,   Jantine; Cornelisse-Vermaat,   Judith R.; Frewer,   Lynn J.
It has been estimated that 5–8% of children and 1–2% of the adults in developed countries are affected by food allergy, with symptoms ranging from discomfort to fatality. At present, avoidance of problematic foods is the only effective treatment strategy. As of November 25 th , 2005 food manufacturers in the EU are obliged to list 12 potentially allergic ingredients in food. Although the label is still not always fully understood by the consumer, or they get confused by precautionary labelling practices. This paper aims to gain insights into the information preferences of food allergic consumers regarding existing food labelling and additional information delivery systems. The results of this study will facilitate the development of best practices in...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food allergy; Consumers; Food labelling; Information needs; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10041

An Overview of the Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food System 2009
Provedor de dados: 31
This 2009 report provides an economic overview of the Canadian agriculture and agri-food system.  It is meant to be a multi-purpose reference document to provide:  an introduction to the agriculture and agri-food system;  a snapshot of structural changes that are occurring throughout the system in response to various factors; and  background data and information to inform public discussions on challenges and opportunities facing the Canadian agriculture and agri-food system.  Charts and tables with brief accompanying texts are used to summarize information and to provide base performance indicators.  The 2009 report begins with a special feature which describes indicators to benchmark competitiveness of the Canadian agriculture and agri-food sector at the...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Agri-food; Competitiveness; Consumers; GDP; Employment; Exports; Imports; Innovation; Inflation; Farm typology; Income; Government support; Program payments; Profitability; Processing; Concentration; Water; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; International Relations/Trade; Labor and Human Capital; Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Public Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59885

Ethnic food preferences in the Spanish market
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Camarena-Gomez,   Dena M.; Sanjuan,   Ana Isabel.
A labelled choice experiment is conducted in order to investigate preferences of Spanish consumers towards ethnic cuisines. In particular, the three best known cuisines, Mexican, Arab and Asian, are considered, across three consumption situations: restaurant, take-away and at home. Wald statistics are applied in order to assess the differential marginal utilities of ethnic food in alternative consumption situations, and the appropriateness of considering a linear effect in price.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Choice experiment; Ethnic food; Consumers; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44421

Firm-specific information, product differentiation, and industry equilibrium
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Perloff,   Jeffrey M.; Salop,   Steven.
Where consumers have imperfect information about specific firms’ prices and lack information about the market, firms have informational market power. In general, improving the consumer’s information about each firm’s price will not necessarily lower average market price. We show, however, that certain types of improvements will lower price. Moreover, a reduction in barriers to entry (e.g., capital costs) will lower price-holding information constant. Where a significant number (but not all) consumers have perfect information, single-price equilibria are impossible.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Competition; Consumers; Consumers' preferences; Consumer education; Mathematical models; Demand elasticity; Economics; Equilibrium; Marketing; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47003

Quality Warranties and Food Products in Argentina. What Do Consumers Believe In?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Berges,   Miriam E.; Casellas,   Karina S.
Consumers increasingly demand multiple-quality attributes in food products and value reliable means to identify them. For producers, the effective communication of their products quality is a marketing strategy. Therefore, another market of information associated with the new food markets emerges. This market is closely linked to the institutional environment and the level of trust in different information sources. In this article the emphasis will be put on how the different quality signals provided by the firms in their products affect the consumers´ behaviour. The objective is to investigate domestic consumers' perceptions and beliefs about food quality information in Argentina to identify the mechanisms that fully guarantee this quality. The results...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food quality; Quality warranties; Consumers; Argentina; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; D12; L15.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25526

Why industrial policies fail: limited commitment
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Karp,   Larry S.; Perloff,   Jeffrey M.
The strategic effects of subsidies on output and subsidies on investment differ substantially in dynamic models where a government's commitment ability is limited. Output subsidies remain effective even as the period of commitment vanishes, but investment subsidies may become completely ineffective. This difference has been obscured because most existing models of strategic trade policy are static.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Consumers; Economics; Equilibrium; Export subsidies; Investments; Trade agreements; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1993
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47044

Emerging Issues in the U.S. Organic Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Greene,   Catherine R.; Dimitri,   Carolyn; Lin,   Biing-Hwan; McBride,   William D.; Oberholtzer,   Lydia; Smith,   Travis A.
Consumer demand for organic products has widened over the last decade. While new producers have emerged to help meet demand, market participants report that a supply squeeze is constraining growth for both individual firms and the organic sector overall. Partly in response to shortages in organic supply, Congress in 2008 included provisions in the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act (2008 Farm Act) that, for the first time, provide financial support to farmers to convert to organic production. This report examines recent economic research on the adoption of organic farming systems, organic production costs and returns, and market conditions to gain a better understanding of the organic supply squeeze and other emerging issues in this rapidly changing...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Organic agriculture; Farmers; Handlers; Consumers; Organic production costs; Organic supply; Marketing organic products; Organic label; Organic price premiums; Local food; Organic food imports; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58617

Estudio de las preferencias de consumidores y distribuidores especializados respecto del producto ecologico
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sanchez Garcia,   Mercedes; Sanjuan,   Ana Isabel; Gil Roig,   Jose Maria; Gracia,   Azucena; Soler,   Francisco.
RESUMEN: La creciente preocupación por la seguridad alimentaria y la mayor sensibilidad al deterioro medioambiental pueden favorecer la expansión de los productos ecológicos. No obstante, el consumo de este tipo de productos no ha crecido al mismo ritmo que la producción. El diferencial de precios respecto de los productos convencionales, los deficientes canales de distribución, y su desconocimiento parecen estar en la raíz del problema. El objetivo de este trabajo se centra en estudiar en profundidad estas limitaciones. Con este fin, se han realizado dos entrevistas, en Pamplona, a los miembros de la cadena agroalimentaria básicos para el posible desarrollo de dicho mercado: consumidores y distribuidores. El primer colectivo se ha segmentado en función de...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Organic food products; Market segmentation; Consumers; Distributors; Conjoint analysis; Consumer/Household Economics; Q13; R32.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28765

The optimal suppression of a low-cost technology by a durable-good monopoly
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Karp,   Larry S.; Perloff,   Jeffrey M.
If a durable-good monopoly can use either of two technologies whose properties are known to consumers, the monopoly uses only the technology with the lowest average cost at low levels of production. If consumers only know about technologies in use, the monopoly may use an inferior technology initially to increase its profits, keeping the new, efficient technology secret and switching later. Thus, in either case, an inferior technology may be used; however, switching between technologies occurs only if consumers are not fully informed about both technologies.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Coase conjecture; Consumers; Monopolies; Profits; Technology; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1994
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47279

Actitudes y preferencias de consumidores chilenos e italianos hacia los damascos
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mora,   Marcos; Infante,   Rodrigo; Espinoza,   J.A.; Predieri,   S.
Published by Asociación de Economistas Agrarios de Chile
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Preferences; Apricot; Consumers; Segmentation and Conjoint Analysis; Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97359

Multivariate AIM Consumer Demand Model Applied to Dried Fruit, Raisins, and Dried Plums
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brant,   Molly; Marsh,   Thomas L.; Featherstone,   Allen M.; Crespi,   John M.
Abstract: We estimate a semi-nonparametric demand system based on a multivariate version of the Muntz-Szatz series expansion which is called the Asymptotically Ideal Model (AIM). The model is applied to consumer demand for dried fruits, raisins, and dried plums. Results from the first and second order AIM expansions suggest that the second order expansion leads to a more economically consistent model, but the likelihood ratio test indicates the AIM(2) model was not a statistical improvement over the AIM(1) model.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Demand; Consumers; AIM; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19291

Factors influencing Malaysian consumers’ consumption of dairy products
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Boniface,   Bonaventure; Umberger,   Wendy J.
Increasing demand for dairy products in Malaysia is driving government initiatives and structural change in the domestic dairy industry in order to increase competitiveness and self-sufficiency. This study endeavours to investigate the drivers of increasing dairy demand by examining the factors influencing Malaysian consumers‟ consumption and perceptions of various types of dairy products. A survey of 435 respondents was conducted and the data were analysed using logit models. The results indicate that demographic variables such as age and ethnicity as well as other attitudinal variables significantly influence consumers‟ increasing consumption of dairy products. Managerial recommendations for the domestic dairy industry are suggested and policy...
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Dairy products; Consumers; Milk consumption; Malaysia; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/124243

Australian Consumers' Concerns and Preferences for Food Policy Alternatives
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Umberger,   Wendy J.; Scott,   Emily M.; Stringer,   Randy.
Results from a 2007 Australian consumer survey conducted at a large farmers market are used to explore the hypothesis that consumers who are more concerned about certain types of food labeling information, particularly information related to food production attributes, are more likely to support policies which help develop farmers markets and support mandatory labeling policies. Product information and attributes such as Country-of-Origin, No Growth Hormones Used, Free Range and Animals Treated Humanely and Environmentally-friendly appear to be very important to consumers. It appears that respondents want increased government involvement in developing consistent food labelling standards for these attributes and support mandatory food labelling policies,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Market failure; Consumers; Farmers markets; Labelling; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6174

Investigating consumer knowledge and behaviour in the context of functional foods
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hall,   Clare.
The future of functional foods will depend on the extent to which they are accepted by consumers. Results are presented from a questionnaire that investigated consumers’ self-reported knowledge, behavioural intentions and purchasing behaviour regarding functional foods. Findings are that two thirds of UK respondents, just less than half of Danish respondents, almost two thirds of Spanish respondents, and 88% of Polish respondents say they buy one or two functional food items per week. Between 30-55% of respondents say they understand functional foods reasonably well (UK 55%; Denmark 30%; Spain 43%; Poland 49%). A number of factors were related to respondents’ stated intention to purchase probiotics. If someone in the household had suffered food poisoning...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumers; Knowledge; Behaviour; Functional foods; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58024

Labour Standards as a Justification for Trade Barriers: Consumer Concerns, Protectionism and the Evidence: Technical Annex
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bakhshi,   Samira; Kerr,   William A.
In this article, justifications by producers (economic protectionism), consumers and social advocates (humanitarian motives) for including labour standards in international trade agreements are discussed. To date, little work has been undertaken to determine empirically whether low labour standards lead to trade distortions. This article provides some empirical evidence pertaining to this question. Consumer groups, social advocates and traditional vested interests such as labour unions have attempted to have labour standards included in WTO disciplines. In the absence of success at the WTO, the relationship between labour standards and international trade has, however, been evolving in the areas of private standards and preferential trade agreements. Given...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumers; Food processing; Labour standards; Preferential trade agreements; Trade distortion; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; International Relations/Trade; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90588

How is Modernity Accepted by Consumers with Respect to Traditional Food Products? The Case of Traceability
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Halawany,   Rafia; Giraud,   Georges.
Up till now, no researches have been done on consumers’ acceptability of new technical supporters of traceability, especially for traditional food products.  Therefore, in the framework of the EU research project TRACE, we carried out focus group discussions, individual laddering interviews (with hierarchical value maps) and a choice-based conjoint experiment.  Traceability is a fashionable word with different meanings whether it comes to producers or to consumers.  The formers link it to technical aspects while the latter see in it a path for safe and good quality food products.  How to intersect these two dimensions when advertising trend and consumer expectations are focusing on traditional food products?  In France, consumers are familiar with the word...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Traceability supports; Traditional; Consumers; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44282

CONSUMER PERCEPTION TOWARDS TRADITIONAL SERBIAN AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD PRODUCTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zaric,   Vlade; Petkovic,   Danijela; Radosevic,   Milorad.
Market success depends in large part on how well consumer behaviour and perception supplies understand. They need to understand how consumers evaluate products characteristics, gather information regarding various alternatives and use this information to select specific product. The object of this research was to determine consumer perception of Serbian agricultural and food products and especially perception of home made products. In October 2008, a research was conducted in the Belgrade market on a sample of 338 persons. The results were analyzed using univariant statistical analyses. The results of this research can be used by producers for defining marketing activities and by researchers to conduct further research in this field.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Traditional agricultural and food products; Territorial competitiveness; Consumers; Republic of Serbia; Agribusiness; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57418

The Changing Nature of Protectionism: Are "Free Traders" Up to the Challenges It Presents?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kerr,   William A.
In the economic model that underlies the WTO the only group that can be expected to ask for protection is producers in importing countries. The existing multilateral trade architecture reflects that assumption. Much of the recent criticism of the multilateral trade regime has arisen as a result of new groups explicitly asking domestic politicians for protection. As these groups were not expected to ask for protection, the international trade regime does not allow domestic politicians to extend protection on the basis of the new demands. Further, countries are expected to perceive benefits from trade liberalisation. These benefits must be balanced against the expected political benefits of protectionism (and their associated welfare costs) when trade...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumers; Environmentalists; Failed economies; Producers; Protectionism; Welfare; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23903

The influence of psychographic variables on consumer preferences. The case of ethnic food in Spain
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Camarena-Gomez,   Dena M.; Sanjuan,   Ana Isabel.
In the last years, ethnic food has been successfully introduced in the Spanish market. In this research a choice experiment is conducted in order to investigate consumer’s preferences toward ethnic food and the influence of psychographic variables in consumer’s decisions. A nested logit model is employed for this purpose, with a two level nesting structure: the first decision is whether or not to consume ethnic food at all; and the second decision combines ethnic cuisine and the consumption situation. The experiment contemplates three cuisines, Mexican, Asian and Arab; and three consumption situations: restaurant, take away and preparation at home. Three psychographic variables are used to investigate the opt-out decision, which relate to the degree of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Ethnic food; Choice experiment; Nested logit; Consumers; Psychographic variables; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57991

An Overview of the Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food System 2011
Provedor de dados: 31
This 2011 report provides an economic overview of the Canadian agriculture and agri-food system.  It is meant to be a multi-purpose reference document to provide:  an introduction to the agriculture and agri-food system;  a snapshot of structural changes that are occurring throughout the system in response to various factors; and  background data and information to inform public discussions on challenges and opportunities facing the Canadian agriculture and agri-food system.  Charts and tables with brief accompanying texts are used to summarize information and to provide base performance indicators.  The 2011 report begins with a special feature that provides a description of young farmers in Canada including their numbers by farm size, province and farm...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Agri-food; R&amp;D; Consumers; GDP; Employment; Exports; Imports; Innovation; Young farmers; Farm typology; Income; Government support; Trade; Productivity; Food processing; Food manufacturing; Environment; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Financial Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; International Relations/Trade; Labor and Human Capital; Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Public Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103047

Personal computer brand loyalty
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jackson,   Tyrone W.; Perloff,   Jeffrey M.
A Markov model shows the degree of brand loyalty to Apple, Compaq, IBM, and Wyse personal computers by large corporate customers of Businessland, a large reseller of personal computers in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Because Businessland temporarily lost its franchise to carry Compaq for half a year in the middle of our sample, the model captures the effect on Businessland's sales of rival brands when a name brand is eliminated and then reintroduced. Large corporate customers were brand-loyal and relatively price insensitive. Their loyalty did not diminish over time. They did not view IBM-compatible computers as perfect substitutes. Eliminating and then reintroducing a brand has different short- and long-run effects. It is difficult to explain which...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Brands; Computers; Consumers; Markov model; Multinominal logit; Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47283

Segmentation of the buffalo meat consumer market in Belém, Pará, Brazil
Provedor de dados: 96
Autores: Marques,Cristiane Soares Simon; Oaigen,Ricardo Pedroso; Moraes,Carina Martins de; Santos,Marcos Antônio Souza dos; Lourenço Júnior,José de Brito; Abel,Isis.
ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to identify different market segments for buffalo meat with target groups defined in the city of Belém, Pará, Brazil. Paired samples of beef and buffalo meat were given to 447 volunteers, and a sensory analysis of the products was conducted. After the tasting, a questionnaire was administered to obtain demographic (age, educational level, marital status) and economic (household income) data as well as information on the habits of respondents and preferences regarding buffalo meat. The factors were estimated using the principal components method and the factors with characteristic roots greater than one were extracted. To check the suitability of the factorial model, Bartlett’s sphericity test and the...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Buffalo meat; Cluster analysis; Consumers.
Ano: 2016
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982016000600336

Some factors that affect ruminant meat quality: from the farm to the fork. Review - doi: 10.4025/actascianimsci.v35i4.21756
Provedor de dados: 2
Autores: Guerrero, Ana; Universidade de Zaragoza; Valero, Maribel Velandia; Universidade Estadual de Maringá; Campo, Mari Mar; Universidad de Zaragoza; Sañudo, Carlos; Universidad de Zaragoza.
Nowadays consumers are highly interested in the quality of the products they eat, especially when this refers to meat. Consumption of meat from ruminant animals and its derivatives is on the increase, particularly in some countries such as Brazil, one of the main beef exporters in the world. Current analysis is a review of the different factors that affect meat quality in ruminants, with a focus on sensory analyses. Some factors throughout the entire meat chain are analyzed, or rather, from those that producers underscore to improve the quality of their products to those related with consumers' habits and beliefs. Most of the papers reviewed have been developed by researchers involved in the Meat Quality and Technology Group (University of Zaragoza and...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Consumers; Human health; Ruminants; Sensory analyses.
Ano: 2013
URL: http://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciAnimSci/article/view/21756

Characterization of bovine meat acquired, marketed and consumed at the main establishments of Chapecó, SC, Brazil
Provedor de dados: 2
Autores: Mateus, Karina Aline; Oliveira, Taís Cardoso de; Santos, Moisés Rodrigues dos; Zieher, Gabriel; Zampar, Aline; Cucco, Diego de Córdova.
This study aimed to analyze the profile of beef sold and consumed in Chapecó – SC, Brazil. Were interviewed 31 individuals responsible for the main distributors, supermarkets, meat markets, restaurants and steakhouses. The structured questionnaire method was used, with questions of closed and open answers applied to those responsible for the establishments previously mapped with greater representativeness in the municipality regarding the characteristics related to the meat trade and the type of product. With the results obtained, it was possible to identify the lack of information regarding the attributes and characteristics that direct preferences in the acquisition of a quality beef. Thus, the knowledge exposure, information dissemination and concepts...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: 5.04.00.00-2; 5.04.05.00-4; 5.07.00.00-6 acquisition; Buyers; Beef cuts; Consumers; Demand.
Ano: 2018
URL: http://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciAnimSci/article/view/38800