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| Ventura-Lucas, Maria Raquel. |
| The recent food crises and its great diffusion through the media had as consequence a reduction of the European consumer's confidence, in general, and of the Portuguese ones in particular, in the products that they buy and consume. These events also served to disclose some of the existing problems in the current marketing chain, in which many sectors result to have low, or no transparency or unknown ones to the consumers. For moreover, these crises had demonstrated that science and technology, in set with the governmental regulation do not offer guarantees that the risks associated with food have acceptable levels. All these questions triggered the interest of researchers to study the impact of food safety related issues on consumer behaviour. The... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Food safety; Consumer behaviour; Perceptions; Attitudes; Portugal; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24986 |
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| Ndamani,Francis; Watanabe,Tsunemi. |
| ABSTRACT This study analyzed socio-economic factors that influence farmers’ adaptation to climate change in agriculture. Perceptions regarding long-term changes in climate variables and the rate of occurrence of weather extremes were also investigated. Additionally, farmers’ perceived barriers to the use of adaptation practices were identified and ranked. A total of 100 farm-households were randomly selected from four communities in the Lawra district of Ghana and data were collected through semi-structured questionnaires, focused group discussions and field observations. A logistic regression model and weighted average index were used to analyze the data. The results showed that 87 % of respondents perceived a decrease in rainfall amount, while 82 %... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Perceptions; Socio-economic; Agriculture; Climate effects. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90162016000300201 |
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| D'Emden, Francis H.; Llewellyn, Rick S.; Burton, Michael P.. |
| The purpose of this research is to improve understanding of conservation tillage adoption decisions by identifying key biophysical and socio-economic factors influencing no-till adoption by grain growers across four Australian cropping regions. The study is based on interviews with 384 grain growers using a questionnaire aimed at eliciting perceptions relating to a range of possible long- and short-term agronomic interactions associated with the relative economic advantage of shifting to a no-tillage cropping system. Together with other farm and farmer-specific variables, a dichotomous logistic regression analysis was used to identify opportunities for research and extension to facilitate more rapid adoption decisions. The broader systems approach to... |
| Tipo: Article |
Palavras-chave: Adoption; Conservation tillage; Herbicide resistance; No-till; Perceptions; Weed management; Farm Management. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118537 |
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| Kulyakwave,Peter David; Shiwei,Xu; Yu,Wen. |
| ABSTRACT: Rice farming is characterized by various factors including environmental and non-environmental factors. The current paper analyses the influence of households’ characteristics, and perceptions of weather variability on rice yield. Authors used primary data collected from small-scale rice farmers in the Mbeya region of Tanzania. Garret technique and Stata software were used for data analyses. Results confirmed that farmer’s education, marital status, gender, and land ownership have a positive influence on rice yield. Thus, for every 1% increase in each variable increases rice yield by 14%, 98%, 26%, and 21% respectively. Owing to empirical results on farmers’ perceptions, it is confirmed that if the drought period increased by 1%, would on... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Rice yield; Weather; Perceptions; Empirical analysis; Tanzania. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782019001100200 |
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| Nghiem, Son; Laurenceson, James. |
| The microfinance industry in Vietnam, particularly those sponsored by nongovernment organisations (NGOs), has experienced rapid expansion in recent years. Yet in spite of this growth, an analysis of their effectiveness has been lacking. In a bid to help address this shortcoming, this paper reports on a subset of data that was obtained during a survey and interview process that incorporated various stakeholders including financial donors, NGO-sponsored microfinance institutions (NMPs), village leaders and NMP members and non-members. Perceptions of NMPs effectiveness are discussed from the standpoint of various stakeholders. NMPs are found to be at a critical juncture. While their activities are widely perceived to contribute to poverty alleviation, their... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Microfinance; NGO; Vietnam; Perceptions; Effectiveness; Financial Economics; O12; O16; O17; P34; R29. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25594 |
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| Marreiros, Cristina; Ness, Mitchell. |
| The objectives of this paper are to examine consumers' perceptions of Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) beef on the basis of a survey of consumers and buyers of beef. The paper identifies a profile of PDO beef consumers, examines their behaviour and perceptions on PDO beef, derives the dimensions of perceptions of PDO beef, and establishes segments based upon those dimensions. The results reveal that PDO consumers are representative of all geographical regions, age and profession groups, are lighter consumers of beef and shop for food mainly in the butchers. Consumers' perceptions on PDO beef emphasises quality, safety, and control. However, underlying those perceptions are six main dimensions and it is possible to identify three segments of PDO beef... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Protected designations of origin; Beef; Perceptions; Factor analysis; Cluster analysis; Consumer/Household Economics. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24869 |
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| Morzillo, Anita T.; Department of Natural Resources & the Environment, University of Connecticut; anita.morzillo@uconn.edu; Kreakie, Betty J.; US EPA Office of Research and Development, National Health and Environmental Effects Laboratory, Atlantic Ecology Division; kreakie.betty@epa.gov; Netusil, Noelwah R.; Reed College, Department of Economics; netusil@reed.edu; Yeakley, J. Alan; University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Department of Geography and Environmental Systems; yeakley@pdx.edu; Ozawa, Connie P.; Portland State University, Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning; ozawac@pdx.edu; Duncan, Sally L.; Oregon State University, School of Public Policy; Sally.Duncan@oregonstate.edu. |
| As the global population becomes increasingly urban, research is needed to explore how local culture, land use, and policy will influence urban natural resource management. We used a broad-scale comparative approach and survey of residents within the Portland (Oregon)-Vancouver (Washington) metropolitan areas, USA, two states with similar geographical and ecological characteristics, but different approaches to land-use planning, to explore resident perceptions about natural resources at three scales of analysis: property level (“at or near my house”), neighborhood (“within a 20-minute walk from my house”), and metro level (“across the metro area”). At the metro-level scale, nonmetric... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Human dimensions; Landscape ecology; Natural resources; Pacific Northwest; Perceptions; Urban ecosystems. |
| Ano: 2016 |
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| Wachenheim, Cheryl J.; Rathge, Richard W.. |
| Tension between farm operators and their surrounding neighbors within rural communities continues to escalate as residents become increasingly removed from production agriculture. An expanding gap exists between public perceptions of the effects of the structure and production practices of modern agriculture, and reality. Combined with a shrinking farm population and support base, misperceptions may have important consequences for farm legislation and regulations. Obtaining knowledge about how the public views agriculture is a necessary step in correcting misperceptions and may help the industry and policy makers understand the beliefs and values of the populace. Collecting information about perceptions of agriculture among residents of the North... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Perceptions; Rural issues; Agriculture; Structural change; Environment; Institutional and Behavioral Economics. |
| Ano: 2000 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23541 |
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| One of the most important human-wildlife conflicts in the world is that where predators are involved. Predators may compete with us for the same resources, such as game species. As a consequence, predators have been frequently controlled by game managers, which has negatively affected many predator populations worldwide. The understanding of human-wildlife conflicts requires a multidisplicinary framework that is rarely considered. We aim to evaluate the attitudes and behavior of game managers with regard to predator management in central Spain, as well as to explore factors that lead to these attitudes and behavior. Data were gathered through face to face interviews with game managers from 59 small-game hunting estates within central Spain. Predator... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Attitudes towards predators; Game management; Human-wildlife conflicts; Perceptions; Pica pica; Vulpes vulpes. |
| Ano: 2013 |
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| Gartin, Meredith; School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University;; Crona, Beatrice; Stockholm Resilience Center, Stockholm University, Sweden; Center for the Study of Institutional Diversity, Arizona State University; beatrice.crona@stockholmresilience.su.se; Wutich, Amber; School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University; Center for the Study of Institutional Diversity, Arizona State University ;; Westerhoff, Paul; Department of Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering, Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering, Arizona State University ;. |
| Popular concern over water quality has important implications for public water management because it can both empower water utilities to improve service but also limit their ability to make changes. In the desert city of Phoenix, Arizona, obtaining sufficient high-quality water resources for a growing urban population poses a major challenge. Decision makers and urban hydrologists are aware of these challenges to water sustainability but the range of acceptable policy and management options available to them is constrained by public opinion. Therefore, this study examines cultural models of water quality and water management, termed ethnohydrology, among urban residents. The study yields three key findings. First, urban residents appear to have a shared... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Cultural consensus; Cultural model; Freelist; Perceptions; Phoenix; Urban; Water quality. |
| Ano: 2010 |
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