Consumers' perceptions about food quality attributes and their incidence in argentinean organic choices

The objective of this paper is to analyze consumers' perceptions about risk and quality attributes of food consumption; and to evaluate the incidence of these factors when buying organic products in the Argentinean domestic market. Data derives from a food consumption survey on organic and non-...

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Autores: Rodríguez, Elsa Mirta M., Lupín, Beatriz, Lacaze, María Victoria
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:Argentina
Institución:Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Sociales
Repositorio:Nülan (UNMDP-FCEyS)
Idioma:inglés
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Acceso en línea:https://nulan.mdp.edu.ar/id/eprint/1603/
https://nulan.mdp.edu.ar/id/eprint/1603/1/rodriguez.etal.2011.pdf
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Percepción del Consumidor
Alimentos Orgánicos
Atributos de Calidad
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spelling Consumers' perceptions about food quality attributes and their incidence in argentinean organic choicesRodríguez, Elsa Mirta M.Lupín, BeatrizLacaze, María VictoriaPercepción del ConsumidorAlimentos OrgánicosAtributos de CalidadThe objective of this paper is to analyze consumers' perceptions about risk and quality attributes of food consumption; and to evaluate the incidence of these factors when buying organic products in the Argentinean domestic market. Data derives from a food consumption survey on organic and non-organic consumers conducted in Buenos Aires City, Argentina, in April 2005. The Lancaster model (1966) provided the theoretical basis. The results yielded by the estimated logistic model suggest that consumers with higher educational level, who eat healthy food, and consider food control organisms as "inefficient" are more likely to buy organic products. A high percentage of consumers read and trust label information in Argentina. This has interesting policy implications to promote differentiated and high value products, and to reduce information asymmetries.Fil: Rodríguez, Elsa Mirta M. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Sociales; Argentina.Fil: Lupín, Beatriz. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Sociales; Argentina.Fil: Lacaze, María Victoria. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Sociales; Argentina.David Publishing Company2011-07info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfhttps://nulan.mdp.edu.ar/id/eprint/1603/https://nulan.mdp.edu.ar/id/eprint/1603/1/rodriguez.etal.2011.pdf Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology A, 1(3), 375-385. ISSN 2161-6256. 10.17265/2161-6256/2011.07A.008 <https://doi.org/10.17265/2161-6256%2F2011.07A.008> reponame:Nülan (UNMDP-FCEyS)instname:Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Socialesenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.17265/2161-6256/2011.07A.008Argentina2005info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ar/2024-05-10T10:41:21Zoai:nulan.mdp.edu.ar:1603instacron:UNMDP-FCEySInstitucionalhttp://nulan.mdp.edu.ar/Universidad públicaNo correspondehttp://nulan.mdp.edu.ar/cgi/oai2cendocu@mdp.edu.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:18452024-05-10 10:41:21.336Nülan (UNMDP-FCEyS) - Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Socialesfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Consumers' perceptions about food quality attributes and their incidence in argentinean organic choices
title Consumers' perceptions about food quality attributes and their incidence in argentinean organic choices
spellingShingle Consumers' perceptions about food quality attributes and their incidence in argentinean organic choices
Rodríguez, Elsa Mirta M.
Percepción del Consumidor
Alimentos Orgánicos
Atributos de Calidad
title_short Consumers' perceptions about food quality attributes and their incidence in argentinean organic choices
title_full Consumers' perceptions about food quality attributes and their incidence in argentinean organic choices
title_fullStr Consumers' perceptions about food quality attributes and their incidence in argentinean organic choices
title_full_unstemmed Consumers' perceptions about food quality attributes and their incidence in argentinean organic choices
title_sort Consumers' perceptions about food quality attributes and their incidence in argentinean organic choices
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Rodríguez, Elsa Mirta M.
Lupín, Beatriz
Lacaze, María Victoria
author Rodríguez, Elsa Mirta M.
author_facet Rodríguez, Elsa Mirta M.
Lupín, Beatriz
Lacaze, María Victoria
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Lacaze, María Victoria
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Percepción del Consumidor
Alimentos Orgánicos
Atributos de Calidad
topic Percepción del Consumidor
Alimentos Orgánicos
Atributos de Calidad
description The objective of this paper is to analyze consumers' perceptions about risk and quality attributes of food consumption; and to evaluate the incidence of these factors when buying organic products in the Argentinean domestic market. Data derives from a food consumption survey on organic and non-organic consumers conducted in Buenos Aires City, Argentina, in April 2005. The Lancaster model (1966) provided the theoretical basis. The results yielded by the estimated logistic model suggest that consumers with higher educational level, who eat healthy food, and consider food control organisms as "inefficient" are more likely to buy organic products. A high percentage of consumers read and trust label information in Argentina. This has interesting policy implications to promote differentiated and high value products, and to reduce information asymmetries.
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