SABIIA - Sistema Aberto e Integrado de Informação em Agricultura (Sabiia)

de Jonge, Janneke; van Trijp, J.C.M.; Renes, Reint Jan; van der Lans, Ivo A.C.M.; Frewer, Lynn J..

Many consumers lack insight into todays complex food production systems. This paper investigates the relationship between consumer confidence in the safety of food in general and consumer trust in particular institutions and organisations. The first aim of the study was to develop and validate a scale to measure general consumer confidence in the safety of food. From the analysis, two distinct dimensions emerged that were labelled optimism and pessimism. The second aim of this study was to investigate to what extent general consumer confidence in the safety of food was related to consumer trust in institutions and organisations responsible for the management of food safety, taking into account three underlying dimensions of trust, namely competence,...

Public Participation in Environmental Planning in the Great Lakes Region

Palavras-chave: Trust; Confidence; Food safety; Optimism; Pessimism; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.

Ano: 2006

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7731

Beierle, Thomas C.; Konisky, David M..

The need for greater public involvement in environmental decision-making has been highlighted in recent high-profile research reports and emphasized by leaders at all levels of government. In some cases, agencies have opened the door to greater participation in their programs. However, there is relatively little information on what can be gained from greater public involvement and what makes some programs work while others fail. This paper addresses these questions through an evaluation of public participation in environmental planning efforts in the Great Lakes region. The success of participation is measured using five criteria: educating participants, improving the substantive quality of decisions, incorporating public values into decision-making,...

A Methodological Review of the Impacts of Risk and Trust on Consumer Behaviour Towards Food Safety

Palavras-chave: Public participation; Advisory committees; Evaluation; Great Lakes; Remedial Action Planning; Comparative risk; Conflict resolution; Trust; Environmental Economics and Policy.

Ano: 1999

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10578

Lobb, Alexandra E..

Consumers' attitudes to trust and risk are key issues in food safety research and attention needs to be focused on clearly defining a framework for analysing consumer behaviour in these terms. By creating a platform, or benchmark, it is hoped that more succinct policy programmes may be initiated to better communicate relevant issues to consumers. In order to achieve this, a detailed review of the recent literature surrounding risk, trust and, the relationship between the two must be conducted. This paper aims to collate the literature in the fields of consumer attitudes to trust and risk. It provides an insight into the economic and other modelling procedures available to measure consumers' attitudes to risk and trust in food safety and specifically notes...

Voluntary Traceability and Transaction Costs: An Empirical Analysis in the Italian Meat Processing Supply Chain

Palavras-chave: Trust; Risk; Consumer attitudes; Food safety; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.

Ano: 2004

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24994

Banterle, Alessandro; Stranieri, Stefanella; Baldi, Lucia.

This paper analyses voluntary traceability effects on the coordination of the food supply chain from the transaction cost perspective. The analysis concerns Italian firms and makes particular reference to the meat sector. A survey was conducted by questionnaire to assess the changes in key transaction factors and costs after the introduction of traceability. The results underline an increase in the degree of human, material and site asset specificity, and reveal a reduction in the degree of uncertainty in transactions. Growth in some transaction costs related to monitoring is also observed. Factorial and cluster analysis were used to underline the different organisational solutions of the firms.

The influence of migration processes on rural development: a case study from Scotland

Palavras-chave: Traceability; Trust; Transaction cost; Vertical relationships; Meat chain; Agribusiness; Livestock Production/Industries.

Ano: 2006

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7722

Bergmann, Holger; Thompson, Kenneth J..

In the past, much rural development planning has relied on the concept of growth poles. With the “new rural paradigm”, we find that place-specific development and bottom-up approaches have become more popular than ever. Such place-based development often envisages the use of social capital. However, insofar as social capital is a local asset that is incorporated in individuals, it can easily be destroyed but not easily rebuilt. Continued out-migration and low in-migration into rural areas can have detrimental effects on social capital, and subsequently weaken bottom-up processes in the short and medium term. This paper - based on a survey of 1412 persons in northern Scotland - suggests that intensified migratory processes destroy social capital in rural...

Trust and its Implications for Economic Activity, Welfare and Globalisation

Palavras-chave: Migration; Social capital; Rural Scotland; New rural paradigm; Trust; Community/Rural/Urban Development; R23; R58; Z13; D71.

Ano: 2010

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94914

Tisdell, Clement A..

According to The Macquarie Dictionary, the word ‘trust’ has more than 20 interpretations in English. Therefore, it is important to specify the way in which the word is being used in any discourses about managerial and economic issues. In what respect and to what extent are economic agents to be trusted in their dealings with others. When economic agents are untrustworthy, this adds to economic transaction costs, reduces the level of economic activity and the achievable level of economic welfare as well as potential gains from growing globalisation. Several adverse economic consequences of lack of business trust are explored along with their consequences for the process of globalisation. Business co-operation and alliances can be important for gaining...

Trust and the Profitability of Rule-Breaking in Grain Production

Palavras-chave: Trust; Globalisation; Global transactions; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Relations/Trade.

Ano: 2008

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90617

Hirschauer, Norbert; Musshoff, Oliver.

Malpractice in food production entails unacceptable procedures and undesirable product qualities and other negative material outcomes. Despite their physical implications, behavioural sources of risk have become known as moral hazards. The probability of malpractice increases with attached profits. It decreases with the probability of disclosure and resulting losses. It also decreases with social values, emotional bonds etc. which prevent food producers from yielding to economic temptations. Trust can be generated both by reducing the profitability of malpractice and by enhancing social trust factors. Referring to Hennessy et al. (2003), who conclude that misdirected incentives are a major source of food risk, we focus on the former and analyse the...

Social Capital and the Food System: Some Evidences from Empirical Research

Palavras-chave: Behavioural risk; Moral hazard; Incentive-compatibility; Trust; Crop Production/Industries.

Ano: 2006

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7754

Sodano, Valeria; Verneau, Fabio.

The paper stresses that in order to understand the current re-organizational processes in the food system, two kinds of social capital should be taken into account, trust and network-based social capital. Stemming from a case study, concerning the Italian processing tomato industry, it demonstrates that while trust seems to enhance social welfare, by reducing transaction costs and promoting cooperative behavior, network-based social capital mainly affects firm competitive behavior, with unpredictable effects on social welfare.

THE IMPACT OF TRUST ON COOPERATIVE MEMBERSHIP PERFORMANCE AND SATISFACTION IN THE HUNGARIAN HORTICULTURE

Palavras-chave: Social capital; Trust; Networks; Institutional and Behavioral Economics.

Ano: 2006

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7764

Bakucs, Lajos Zoltan; Ferto, Imre; Szabo, Gabor G..

The paper investigates the impacts of trust on the relationships among members and between members and the management in an agricultural marketing cooperative in the Hungarian horticultural sector. We focus on the effects of trust on cooperative members performance and satisfaction and their commitment to remaining a part of cooperative. We analyse the trust along two dimensions: cognitive and affective. Our results suggest that trust among cooperative members and trust between cooperative and management have positive effects on group cohesions. In line with a priori hypotheses we found differences between cognitive and affective trust influencing the group cohesion and cooperative members satisfaction.

Contracts, trust and market environment in farmer-buyer relationships

Palavras-chave: Trust; Marketing cooperative; Hungary; Farm Management; Marketing.

Ano: 2007

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7820

Zhang, Xiaoyong; Hu, Dinghuan.

This study identified and validated key constructs underlying supply chain management research: contract, trust and environment. In total, 22 items were retained to measure six dimensions for the three core concepts. Using data from a sample of Chinese vegetable and fruit farmers, we found empirical support for a complementary relationships between contract and trust. Moreover, our results also indicated a positive relationship between environmental uncertainty and the degree of using contracts.

Are Traditional Cooperatives an Endangered species? About Shrinking Satisfaction, Involvement and Trust

Palavras-chave: Key words: contract; Trust; Chain governance; Agribusiness; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Marketing.

Ano: 2009

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49925

Nilsson, Jerker; Kihlen, Anna; Norell, Lennart.

Several researchers, who have observed that traditional cooperatives have difficulties in modern markets, mention a number of behavioral concepts characterizing the members. This study attempts to empirically test these concepts. It is based on a survey among members of a large traditional Swedish cooperative. The members perceive the cooperative to be so large and complex that they have difficulties understanding the operations. Hence, they become dissatisfied and uninvolved, and they mistrust the leadership. Moreover, they do not believe that the cooperative can be remodeled to strengthen member control. The findings support the behavioral explanations presented in prior studies.

Tipo: Journal Article

Palavras-chave: Agricultural cooperative; Property rights; Satisfaction; Involvement; Trust; Consumer/Household Economics.

Ano: 2009

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92574

Trust in the US‐EU Fruit and Vegetable Chain: Do US Exporters Understand EU Importers?

Ameseder, Christoph; House, Lisa; Haas, Rainer; Meixner, Oliver; Fritz, Melanie; Dahl, Ellie; Hofstede, Gert Jan.

Research on organizational and inter‐organizational trust has become an important field in management and marketing literature, as it is perceived as a pivotal aspect of business transactions. However, clarifications are still needed on the issue of whom we trust; is the person whom we are trading with trusted, or the organization, or just the product‐quality? Not only has this question not been answered within this field of research, neither have cultural differences have been described to any great extent. Additionally, if the perceived factors important to establish trusting relationships may or may not be the same on the buyers and the sellers side in international business transaction in food chains. The primary objective of this research study...

Intrinsic and Enforceable Trust: A Research Agenda

Palavras-chave: Trust; Perceived trust; Importance of trust factors business transaction; Supply chain; Fruit and vegetable; US; EU; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Marketing; Production Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.

Ano: 2010

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100473

Hofstede, Gert Jan.

Trust is modelled as either enforceable or intrinsic. Antecedents of trust in history, human nature, personality and culture are analyzed. The implications of these for the dynamics of trust in business-to-business networks of organizations are discussed. Finally an agenda for empirical research is proposed, of which the author argues there is great need because of the crucial role of trust in networks of food provision.

Preferences, trust and willingness to pay for food information: An analysis of the Italian Market

Palavras-chave: Trust; Business network; Intrinsic trust; Enforceable trust; Institutional and Behavioral Economics.

Ano: 2006

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7769

Nocella, Giuseppe; Stefani, Gianluca; Romano, Donato.

Lack of consumer trust and communication strategies are probably the main determinants of information failure in modern food markets. This study attempts to tackle these aspects affecting the quality of food information by investigating questions related to what topics are more relevant to consumers, who should disseminate trustful food information, and how communication should be conveyed. Primary data were collected both through qualitative (in depth interviews and focus groups) and quantitative research. Quantitative research was conducted by means of a questionnaire administered in 2006-2007 to a sample of Italian respondents using both a web and a traditional mail survey. Reading preferences, willingness to pay and trust towards public and private...

Building trust in agri-food chains: the mediating role of effective communication

Palavras-chave: Food information; Trust; Preference heterogeneity; Segmentation; Italy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; D12; D18; D89; Q18.

Ano: 2011

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114606

Fischer, Christian.

Using recent survey data (n = 1,430) on trust levels in agri-food supplier-buyer relationships in six different European countries, two commodity chains (meat and cereals) and two chain stages (farmer-processor and processor-retailer), main determinants of trust are identified and discussed. The structural equation modelling estimation results indicate that trust can be significantly improved by effective communication and by a positive collaboration experience. The existence of personal bonds does not seem to play a direct role in the retailer-processor relationship but is important when dealing with farmers. In both chain stages a positive collaboration experience as well the existence of personal bonds also indirectly enhance trust by promoting...

The Country of Origin of Food: Consumer Perceptions of Safety and the Issue of Trust

Palavras-chave: Trust; Agri-food Chains; Europe; Agribusiness; Marketing; Q13; L14; L66.

Ano: 2009

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50106

Lobb, Alexandra E.; Mazzocchi, Mario.

It is becoming increasingly difficult for the general public to attempt to assess risks using traditional methods such as smell, taste or other physical attributes of food. The existence of extrinsic cues such as the country of origin (COO) of food can help to make food purchase decisions easier for consumers. However, the use of extrinsic cues depends heavily on the extent to which consumers trust such signals to be indicative of quality or safety, which in turn depends on the credibility behind that cue. Using an ordered probit model, COO is examined as an extrinsic cue for food safety by looking at the relationship between trust in food safety information provided by national food standards agencies (NFSAs) and the EU Food Safety Authority (EUFSA)...

Public Participation in Environmental Decisions: An Evaluation Framework Using Social Goals

Palavras-chave: Origin of food; Consumer behaviour; Food safety; Trust; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; International Relations/Trade.

Ano: 2006

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7728

Beierle, Thomas C..

This paper presents a framework for evaluating mechanisms that involve the public in environmental decision-making. These include traditional participatory mechanisms--such as public hearings, notice and comment procedures, and advisory committees--as well as those considered more innovative--such as regulatory negotiations, mediations, and citizen juries. The framework is based on a set of "social goals," defined as those goals which are valued outcomes of a participatory process, but which transcend the immediate interests of any party in that process. The goals are: educating the public, incorporating public values and knowledge into decision-making, building trust, reducing conflict, and assuring cost-effective decision-making. The paper begins with a...

Food Scares and Consumer Behaviour: A European Perspective

Palavras-chave: Public participation; Alternative dispute resolution; Consensus building; Public hearing; Advisory committee; Regulatory negotiation; Mediation; Evaluation; Trust; Social capital; Environmental Economics and Policy.

Ano: 1998

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10497

Mazzocchi, Mario; Lobb, Alexandra E.; Traill, W. Bruce.

In this paper a consumer food choice model based on the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) is extended to account for risk perception and trust. The data are from a nationally representative European survey of 2 725 respondents from five countries, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands and the United Kingdom. The model relates the intention to purchase chicken in an extended TPB framework, which incorporates risk perceptions, and trust in alternative sources of food safety information. This model was run for two behaviours of interest: the standard likelihood of intention to purchase and the likelihood of intention to purchase conditional on news about a salmonella incident. The model has good predictive power and shows distinct country differences. Only in...

Collective Action in Plant Genetic Resources Management: Gendered Rules of Reputation, Trust and Reciprocity in Kerala, India

Palavras-chave: Food safety information; Trust; Risk perception; Theory of Planned Behaviour; Chicken; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; D80; D12; Q18.

Ano: 2006

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25613

Padmanabhan, Martina Aruna.

Collective action aims at the joint management of common pool resources. Agrobiodiversity at the community level is conceptualized as a collective resource requiring the management of varieties, species and their interrelations within a farming-system. In the rice dominated agriculture in the uplands of Kerala, India, few community groups continue maintaining and thus conserving their high diversity in landraces. Faced with the challenges of devastating prices for rice, their traditional system of collective action to exchange seed material and knowledge is endangered. A new institutional mechanism to manage biodiversity is the People’s Biodiversity Register, a mandatory documentation procedure to enable cost and benefit sharing under the Convention on...

Food Crises and Food Markets: Implications for Emergency Response in Southern Africa.

Palavras-chave: Gender; India; Agrobiodiversity; Institutions; Trust; Reciprocity; Reputation; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.

Ano: 2006

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42508