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| Carbone, Anna; Gaito, Marco; Senni, Saverio. |
| Agriculture seems to be capable to foster rehabilitation, work integration and social inclusion of vulnerable people: persons with mental disabilities, people with burn out, long-term unemployed, individuals with an addiction history, and so on. "Social farms", i.e. farms that provide these kind of services, are present in several European countries and their number is growing. The emerging interest of an increasing number of consumers for the "ethical quality" of products suggests that the social functions of these farms could be remunerated, although partially, by the market. The paper discusses the issues mentioned above and focuses on some empirical evidence on consumers' beliefs and attitude about social farms' products. Data are collected through a... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Ethical Consumption; Social Farming; Consumers Buying Groups; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10029 |
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| Carbone, Anna; Gaito, Marco; Senni, Saverio. |
| Food markets in affluent countries tend to be characterized by increasing complexity under several regards such as the organization of the productive chains, the process that leads to the formation of consumer’s preferences, the information/communication task and the building of trust among stakeholders. In particular, consumers are increasingly concerned about many credence attributes such as food safety, environmental concerns, the fairness of trade conditions, product origin and so forth. The paper focus on short chains and consumers’ buying groups (CBGs) seen as strategies to overcome the emerging difficulties that consumers face in collecting and processing information on credence attributes. The results of a field survey, based on e-mail interviews... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Trust; Transaction Cost; Exit/Voice; Consumer's buying groups; Short food chains; Consumer/Household Economics; Marketing. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6594 |
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