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| Lili, Zhou; Tong, Chen. |
| The market for organic products in Urumqi is at the beginning of its development. The objective of this paper is to gain knowledge about consumers attitudes toward organic food in Urumqi which is the capital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The consumers attitudes were collected by means of a face-to-face survey. Attitudes, purchasing frequency, supply satisfaction and beliefs about organic food were studied with a sample of 720 consumers. The data obtained from the survey were analyzed with univariate analysis, chi-square test, ANOVA and correlation analysis. About 44.9% of Urumqi consumers had never heard of organic food. Urumqi consumers who know organic food consider organically-grown products as very healthy, of good quality and tasty.... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Urumqi; Consumer behavior; Organic food; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7890 |
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| Jun, Chai; Xia, Zhang; Jianlei, Zhang; Tong, Chen. |
| Presently the behavioral features of the organic producers could be concluded as the fact that they are quite confident of the prospects for organic agriculture, while heavily dependent on the guidance and support of the local governments; are in great demand for technological innovation, while in the distinguished intimacy and poor pricing capacity. Such problems as low economic benefit, the imperfect marketing network and serious external economy, are threatening the healthy development of organic agriculture in Xinjiang. In this essay, it is suggested that the government should, taking full advantage of its rich natural resources, pay great attention to the organic development in the local region; establish an efficient organic marketing network; apply... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Organic agriculture; Problems; Policy inspiration; Xinjiang; Farm Management. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7855 |
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