Attitudes, perceptions, and trust. Insights from a consumer survey regarding genetically modified banana in Uganda

Kikulwe, Enoch; Wesseler, Justus; Falck-Zepeda, José Benjamin

doi:10.1016/j.appet.2011.06.001

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“…Possible benefits expected by the respondents included improvement nutritional value, quality and productivity, and resistance to pests, which, again, are quite similar to the international literature (Cardello, Schutz, & Lesher, 2007;Mucci, Hough, & Ziliani, 2004;Kikulwe, Wesseler, & Falck-Zapeda, 2011). Results of a Japanese study showed that beneficial claims of GMF offset the perceived risks and lead to a positive attitude (Chen & Li, 2007).…”

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Genetically modified foods and their social representation

Ribeiro

Barone

Behrens

2016

Food Research International

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Section: Tablesupporting

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Genetically modified foods and their social representation

Ribeiro

Barone

Behrens

2016

Food Research International

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“…But even those in doubt about the environmental benefits of eco-friendly farming practices may prefer to purchase organic products if they have personal health benefits and better quality (Tregear, Dent, & McGregor, 1994;Wandel & Bugge, 1997) than their conventional counterparts, which would give eco-friendly production at least some economic advantage (Woolverton & Dimitri, 2010). Greater taste is typically associated with a willingness to pay more for the product (Didier & Lucie, 2008;Sörqvist et al, 2013;Yiridoe, Bonti-Ankomah, & Martin, 2005), and taste appears to be more important for consumers when buying foods than price, nutritional value and environmental safety (Kikulwe, Wesseler, & Flack-Zepeda, 2011;Magnusson et al, 2001;Shepherd, Magnusson, & Sjödén, 2005). The general taste preference for organic products, reinforced by the eco-label effect, might therefore speak for an economic advantage in eco-friendly farming practices even if the perceived taste difference between conventional and eco-friendly products is largely a consequence of consumers' imagination.…”

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The green halo: Mechanisms and limits of the eco-label effect

Sörqvist

Haga

Langeborg

et al. 2015

Food Quality and Preference

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a b s t r a c tConsumers believe that ''eco-labeled'' products taste better, which, at least in part, may be an effect of the label. The purpose of the current series of experiments was to examine some mechanisms and limits of this eco-label effect. In Experiment 1, an eco-label effect of similar magnitude was found for taste ratings of both conventional and organic bananas. Experiment 2 showed eco-label effects for a wider range of judgmental dimensions (i.e., health, calories, vitamins/minerals, mental performance, and willingness to pay) and the effect was about the same in magnitude for judgments of grapes and raisins. Experiment 3, with water as the tasted product, found no eco-label effect on judgments of taste, calories and vitamins/minerals, but an effect on willingness to pay, judgments of health benefits and judgments of mental performance benefits. Experiments 2 and 3 also included questionnaires on social desirability traits, schizotypal traits and pro-environmental consumer traits. The last was the strongest predictor of the eco-label effect amongst the three. In all, the eco-label effect is a robust phenomenon, but depends on interactions between product type and judgmental dimension. Implications for several accounts of the effect are discussed.

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“…Furthermore, the factors affecting the public trust in the policy need to be identified and investigated [41,42]. This is because, if people do not have trust in the policy enforcement, it cannot succeed.…”

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Public Value of Enforcing the PM2.5 Concentration Reduction Policy in South Korean Urban Areas

Kim

Yoo

2018

Sustainability

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As the number of cars and the electricity produced from coal-fired generation has been increasing, PM 2.5 , particles smaller than 2.5 µm in diameter, has become a serious problem in South Korean urban areas. This is especially notable, given that the PM 2.5 warning was issued 89 times during 2016. Because of this, the South Korean government is seeking to enforce a policy of reducing the number of PM 2.5 warnings by half using various policy instruments from now until 2022. This article tries to obtain information about the public value of the enforcement. For this purpose, household willingness to pay (WTP) for the enforcement is investigated, applying the contingent valuation (CV) approach. A survey of 1000 households was carried out in South Korean urban areas. The data on the WTP were gathered using a dichotomous choice question and analyzed employing the spike model. The mean WTP estimate is obtained as KRW 5591 (USD 4.97) per household per year, which is statistically significant. The total public value expanded to the population amounts to KRW 98.9 billion (USD 87.8 million) per year. The information can be utilized in policy-making and decision-making about the reduction of the PM 2.5 concentration.

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Attitudes, perceptions, and trust. Insights from a consumer survey regarding genetically modified banana in Uganda

Cited by 81 publications

References 20 publications

Genetically modified foods and their social representation

Genetically modified foods and their social representation

The green halo: Mechanisms and limits of the eco-label effect

Public Value of Enforcing the PM2.5 Concentration Reduction Policy in South Korean Urban Areas

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