2008
DOI: 10.4067/s0718-58392008000100008
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Consumer Perception of Animal Welfare and Livestock Production in the Araucania Region , Chile

Abstract: A B S T R A C TGiven the importance of animal welfare (AW) in developed countries, a survey was carried out among 384 consumers in Temuco, Chile, to establish their knowledge and perceptions about animals handling during production, to detect preferences for meat produced under AW principles, their willingness to pay a higher price for this and to distinguish different consumer segments. Approximately 60% of people surveyed knew about livestock management practices, half of them considered that these practices… Show more

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“…Additionally, consumers positively value beef from animals fed on pasture and raised outdoors (Schnettler et al, 2008). The beef industry plays an important role in the economy of the southern regions of Chile where more than one million hectares of pastures are available for animal production and the country relies on an exceptional sanitary status.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Additionally, consumers positively value beef from animals fed on pasture and raised outdoors (Schnettler et al, 2008). The beef industry plays an important role in the economy of the southern regions of Chile where more than one million hectares of pastures are available for animal production and the country relies on an exceptional sanitary status.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Chilean consumers also seem to value extrinsic factors, such as animal welfare and graze-feeding production. Mostly, these consumers consider these factors to be desirable and accept having to pay more for a product with such characteristics (Schnettler et al, 2008b). Thus, although prices within this cluster are below the market average, there is a clear preference by its main clients for acquiring beef from suppliers that have adopted OIE sanitary guidelines.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The same can be said with regard to the additional demands of some countries regarding issues such as animal welfare, environmental preservation and the determination of origin (Bernues et al, 2003; Schnettler et al, 2008a;Schnettler et al, 2008b). Moreover, aspects such as consumer preferences regarding the quality of food, habits, cultural and socio-demographic factors (Barcellos, 2007) and sanitary issues can also limit access to new markets (Sasaki & Mitsumoto, 2004;Loureiro & Umberger, 2007).…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Socio-demographic questions were also included, which were used to further explain consumer behaviour and identify potential market segments. The questionnaire was designed taking into account the literature on public knowledge and attitudes towards chicken production systems [18][19][20][21][22][23][24]. We defined knowledge as "facts, information, and skills acquired through experience or education; the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject" and attitude as a "relatively stable favourable or unfavourable feeling or belief about a concept, person, or object" [25].…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This suggests that consumers are using accreditation as a means of ensuring products are of high welfare, replacing their limited knowledge, even though accredited labels exhibit no information regarding the conditions where birds were raised or processed and no reference to animal welfare [35]. Consumers have put pressure on retailers to properly label products and producers, manufacturers and supermarkets to have an animal welfare labelling system [23] as well as the country of origin, production techniques [36] and conditions of rearing [19]. Fifty-six percent of respondents were prepared to contribute to the cost of setting up animal welfare ratings by paying extra for the products, particularly females, and the most common increase in cost that would be accepted was 2.5%.…”
Section: Consumptionmentioning
confidence: 99%