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| Brčić-Stipčević, Vesna; Petljak, Kristina; Guszak, Irena. |
| Organic agriculture is a holistic production system, which sustains the natural soil activity, ecosystem and people. This new system is an answer by organic producers to unsustainability of capital intensive agriculture, characterized by mass production, specialization, product standardization and high labour productivity that results in a weaker relation of agriculture to natural conditions and many negative consequences, especially in ecological, social and economic spheres. Development of organic production enabled development of the organic food market. Another incentive for organic food market development is consumers’ increased interest in nutrition, health and environment protection. The first segment of this paper will present an overview of... |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Surveys and statistics; Markets and trade; Consumer issues; Country reports. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/22456/13/22456.pdf |
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| Brčić-Stipčević, Vesna; Petljak, Kristina. |
| The results of the research conducted in March 2009 on a representative sample of the citizens of the Republic of Croatia using a highly structured survey questionnaire in households have shown that the majority of the respondents (76.6%) are familiar with organic food. In the survey, special emphasis is put on the purchase of organic food, especially among regular buyers. Methods: Regular buyers were asked about their familiarity with the information on the organic food declaration and their trust in the reliability of the information on the organic food declaration. Furthermore, research explored respondents' familiarity with the label organic product of Croatia according to frequency of organic food purchase. Also, research explored consumer trust in... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Values; Standards and certification Consumer issues Country reports. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/22434/7/22434.pdf |
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| Brčić-Stipčević, Vesna; Petljak, Kristina; Guszak, Irena. |
| In the last ten years, both the academic community and the general public became more interested in organic agriculture. Organic agriculture is a holistic production system, which sustains the natural soil activity, ecosystems and people. It supports ecological processes, biodiversity and normal life-cycle in the nature, respects the specifics of a locality and excludes inputs of a non-organic origin. Available statistical data show that there are 1,8 million producers from 160 countries that engage in organic agriculture. The numbers of organic farms and share of organic in total agricultural surfaces are constantly increasing. Development of organic agriculture, namely, increase of organic agriculture outputs, enables creation of the market for organic... |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Markets and trade; History of organics; Countries and regions. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/22458/7/22458.pdf |
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| Brčić-Stipčević, Vesna; Petljak, Kristina. |
| This paper presents research findings based on the research conducted on a representative sample of respondents using a highly structured questionnaire. The fi rst part of the paper focuses on the theoretical background and overview of the research results related to the research problem in the world and in Croatia. The results of the research which has been conducted indicate that respondents are not familiar with the definition of organic food. Furthermore, the paper elaborates on the Croatian consumers’ perception of organic food and conventional food. The research on organic food purchase places a special emphasis on regular buyers of organic food who were asked to evaluate the importance of individual characteristics in choosing a place of sale for... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Markets and trade; Consumer issues; Country reports. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/22454/2/22454.pdf |
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