Consumer preferences and the international harmonization of organic standards

Sawyer, Erin N.; Kerr, William A.; Hobbs, Jill E.

doi:10.1016/j.foodpol.2008.04.006

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“…The international harmonization of standards for food products is often perceived as an enhancing means of reducing technical barriers to trade (Sawyer et al, 2008). A process of harmonization may aim to agree upon similar rules.…”

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Organic certification and the market: organic exports from and imports to China

Xie

Qian

2011

British Food Journal

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2014),"Why regular buyers of organic food still buy many conventional products: Product-specific purchase barriers for organic food consumers", British Food Journal, Vol. 116 Iss 3 pp. 390-404 http://dx.If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. AbstractPurpose -This paper aims to chart the breadth and acceleration of organic markets domestic and international and discuss the obstacles and possible ways that confront enterprises who engage in organic exports from and imports to China. Design/methodology/approach -There is much extant research that investigates the organic certification and its market development in the developed world. However, little emphasis is given to China, the highest growing organic market. This research aims to narrow this gap in the literature by reviewing organic certification and the market in China. Findings -China's organic products are mainly exported to developed countries, but the growing affluence of Chinese consumers and expanding foreign expatriate community in China is developing a domestic market for organic food. Organic products are increasingly being imported. Organic standards and certification system in China have been established and under the implementation, with all stages of the organic marketing chain regulated by law and guaranteed. The lack of an equivalent or compliant system forces Chinese organic exports to enter the international market through multi-certification, and foreign organic imports to the China market possibly through certification by a CNAS-ACB. Originality/value -This paper provides a unique insight into a wide range of China organic certification systems and the mechanism for organic exports from and imports to China.

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Organic certification and the market: organic exports from and imports to China

Xie

Qian

2011

British Food Journal

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“…A rich literature examines the drivers and outcomes of consumer trust in credence attributes, including, for example, environmental sustainability assurances (Grebitus et al, 2015;Innes & Hobbs, 2011), animal welfare (Nocella, Hubbard, & Scarpa, 2010;Uzea et al, 2011), organic food labels (Janssen & Harm, 2014;Sawyer, Kerr, & Hobbs, 2008), and country of origin (Jiménez & San Martin, 2014). Information asymmetry lies at the heart of this issue: clearly, in the absence of credible quality verification and labeling, consumers cannot know (or may not trust) that a credence attribute is present.…”

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Heterogeneous consumers and differentiated food markets: Implications for quality signaling in food supply chains

Hobbs

2019

Canadian J Agri Economics

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The Fellow's address begins by noting several recent consumer food trends and the changing way in which we perceive value-added. I then focus on the topic of heterogeneity in consumer behavior, reviewing contributions from the literature that enhance our ability as economists to model and measure heterogeneity. Supply chain responses to consumer heterogeneity are examined, including a discussion of information flows within supply chains and the role of certification and verification. I close with a consideration of policy implications flowing from consumer heterogeneity. K E Y W O R D Sconsumer behavior, heuristics, trust, value-added, values, verification Ce discours de Fellow souligne plusieurs tendances récentes en matière d'aliments destinés aux consommateurs et l'évolution de la manière dont nous percevons la valeur ajoutée. Je me concentre ensuite sur l'hétérogénéité du comportement des consommateurs, en passant en revue les contributions de la littérature qui renforcent notre capacité, en tant qu'économistes, à modéliser et à mesurer l'hétérogénéité. Les réponses des chaînes d'approvisionnement à l'hétérogénéité des consommateurs sont examinées, notamment une discussion sur les flux d'informations au sein des chaînes d'approvisionnement et le rôle de la certification et de la vérification. Je termine sur un examen des implications politiques découlant de l'hétérogénéité des consommateurs. drawn from the behavioral economics literature and a sampling of empirical contributions from the agricultural economics literature, with a focus on the role of trust. 1 I endeavor to answer the questions: what have we learned about how consumers make 1 Trust has been shown to have an important influence in food purchase decisions, particularly in the presence of information asymmetry with respect to food safety, food quality, or new food technologies (Hobbs & Goddard, 2015).

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“…In discussions about whether to fully harmonise definitions of organic at a global scale, there have been concerns that this would force consumers in certain countries to settle with lower standards of organic than they might prefer. Still, a consumer survey across the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States from 2008 indicates that consumers do not strongly share these concerns, and that they would accept international harmonisation of organic standards (Sawyer, Kerr, & Hobbs, 2008).…”

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A Review of Public Policies relating to the Use of Environmental Labelling and Information Schemes (ELIS)

Klintman

2016

OECD Environment Working Papers

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Consumer preferences and the international harmonization of organic standards

Cited by 31 publications

References 11 publications

Organic certification and the market: organic exports from and imports to China

Organic certification and the market: organic exports from and imports to China

Heterogeneous consumers and differentiated food markets: Implications for quality signaling in food supply chains

A Review of Public Policies relating to the Use of Environmental Labelling and Information Schemes (ELIS)

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