Consumer preferences and willingness to pay for beef food safety assurance labels in the Kumasi Metropolis and Sunyani Municipality of Ghana

Food Control ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 46 ◽  
pp. 152-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enoch Owusu-Sekyere ◽  
Victor Owusu ◽  
Henry Jordaan
Keyword(s):  
Food Safety ◽  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Consumer Preferences ◽  
Safety Assurance

scholarly journals Measuring Consumer Preferences and Willingness to Pay for Coffee Certification Labels in Taiwan

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 1297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chun-Chu Liu ◽  
Chu-Wei Chen ◽  
Han-Shen Chen
Keyword(s):  
Food Safety ◽  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Fair Trade ◽  
Consumer Preferences ◽  
Environmental Concerns ◽  
Environmental Friendliness ◽  
Health Concerns ◽  
Coffee Beans ◽  
Consumer Attention ◽  
Selection Of

Sustainability certification labels have become an important tool for aiding consumers in evaluating food safety, health concerns, and environmental friendliness. Few studies have explored the attributes of consumers’ environmental consciousnesses from the perspective of environmental concerns; hence, we focus on that lack. Our study contributes to the need to better understand consumer attention to sustainability information when making coffee certification attribute choices. We aimed to explore the importance that consumers attach to coffee certification attributes paid to these attributes while choosing and to willingness to pay (WTP). There were 650 questionnaires completed by those who had purchased coffee beans habitually in Taiwan; after factoring out the invalid questionnaires (i.e., those with omitted answers, incomplete answers, or those in which answers to all the questions received the same scale points were all deemed as invalid and removed), 568 valid ones were collected with a recovery rate of 87.4%. The results indicate that the respondents’ WTP attributes ranked from highest to lowest are traceability, organic, graded, environmentally friendly, and fair-trade certifications. This study provides insights into how consumers’ preferences relate to selection of coffee certification attributes.

scholarly journals Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on Consumer Food Safety Perceptions—A Choice-Based Willingness to Pay Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (18) ◽  
pp. 7270
Author(s):  
Oliver Meixner ◽  
Felix Katt
Keyword(s):  
Food Safety ◽  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Consumer Preferences ◽  
Sudden Change ◽  
The United States ◽  
Swine Flu ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Safety Perceptions ◽  
Wet Market ◽  
The Impact

As the COVID-19 pandemic brings about sudden change in societies across the globe and likely heralds the start of a recession, we examine the pandemic’s impact on consumer food safety perceptions. Due to its origin, COVID-19, likely spurring from an animal-to-human transmission in the context of a wet market, may impact consumer food perceptions in similar ways to the avian flu (H5N1) and the swine flu (H1N1). We examine this effect by studying preferences for beef meat in a consumer survey in the United States (n = 999) using a choice-based experiment. We compare our findings to Lim et al. (2014), who elicited consumer beef willingness to pay (WTP). Additionally, we investigate the impact of the looming recession by analyzing several attributes and their effect on consumer preferences. Our findings suggest that food safety concerns have become more important. As a result, production standards and the country of origin have lost importance. Additionally, we show that the socioeconomic impact for some respondents impacts their shopping preferences. Finally, we outline potential areas for future research as well as managerial implications.

scholarly journals Consumer Preferences and Willingness to Pay for Potting Mix with Biochar

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (12) ◽  
pp. 3432
Author(s):  
McKenzie Thomas ◽  
Kimberly L. Jensen ◽  
Dayton M. Lambert ◽  
Burton C. English ◽  
Christopher D. Clark ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Product Information ◽  
Consumer Preferences ◽  
Market Potential ◽  
Marginal Costs ◽  
Consumer Demographics ◽  
Market Shares ◽  
Potential Market ◽  
Dedicated Energy Crops

Biochar is a co-product of advanced biofuels production from feedstocks including food, agricultural, wood wastes, or dedicated energy crops. Markets for soil amendments using biochar are emerging, but little is known about consumer preferences and willingness to pay (WTP) for these products or the depth of the products’ market potential for this product. This research provides WTP estimates for potting mix amended with 25% biochar, conditioned on consumer demographics and attitudes about product information labeling. Data were collected with an online survey of 577 Tennessee home gardeners. WTP was elicited through a referendum contingent valuation. Consumer WTP for an 8.81 L bag of 25% biochar potting mix is $8.52; a premium of $3.53 over conventional potting mix. Demographics and attitudes toward biofuels and the environment influence WTP. Biochar amounts demanded are projected for the study area’s potential market. Optimal prices, profits, and market shares are estimated across different marginal costs of producing biochar potting mix.

Food safety assurance systems in Hong Kong

Food Control ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 141-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuli Wu ◽  
Ye Ye ◽  
Dongsheng Hu ◽  
Zhigang Liu ◽  
Jijuan Cao
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Food Safety ◽  
Safety Assurance

scholarly journals Quality Perceptions and Willingness-to-Pay for Imported Rice in Japan

2004 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hikaru Hanawa Peterson ◽  
Kentaro Yoshida
Keyword(s):  
Food Safety ◽  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Quality Perceptions ◽  
Retail Prices ◽  
Negative Perceptions

Attitudes of Japanese consumers toward domestic and foreign varieties of rice were analyzed on the basis of a survey. We found that the current retail prices for imported rice are higher than the average consumers' willingness-to-pay (WTP), whereas most domestic rice was priced below the average WTP. Unfamiliarity or negative perceptions of the safety and flavor of foreign rice lowered WTP substantially. The WTP for U.S. rice was limited more by negative perceptions of flavor than from concerns about food safety.

scholarly journals Health Is Wealth: Study on Consumer Preferences and the Willingness to Pay for Ecological Agricultural Product Traceability Technology: Evidence from Jiangxi Province China

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (22) ◽  
pp. 11761
Author(s):  
Ximing Chen ◽  
Jie Shang ◽  
Muhammad Zada ◽  
Shagufta Zada ◽  
Xueqiang Ji ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Consumer Preferences ◽  
Jiangxi Province ◽  
Agricultural Product ◽  
Technology Application ◽  
Additional Payments ◽  
Organic Rice ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Experiment Method ◽  
Technology Applications

The application of traceability technology is an important way to solve food safety problems. Different traceability technologies bring different effects to consumers. Existing studies have not explored consumers’ preferences in regards to product traceability technology applications, and they have not analyzed their willingness to pay. Therefore, this study focused on organic rice, an ecological agricultural product. The study was based on a survey from Jiangxi Province, China. It used a selective experiment method in order to analyze consumer preferences and the willingness to pay for ecological agricultural product traceability technology. The results show that consumer preferences are as follows: blockchain technology application attributes, traditional traceability-technology-application attributes, high credit-supervision attributes, and international-certification attributes. In terms of willingness to pay, consumers have the highest willingness to pay for the application of blockchain technology, which they are willing to pay CNY 21.902 more per kg for this attribute. At the same time, consumers are also willing to make additional payments for traditional traceability-technology-application attributes, high credit-supervision attributes, and international-certification attributes. Their willingness to pay is CNY 20.426, CNY 17.115 yuan, and CNY 11.049, respectively.

scholarly journals What's Steering Consumer Preferences For Autonomous Vehicles In The Greater Toronto And Hamilton Area?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kailey Laidlaw
Keyword(s):  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Household Income ◽  
Autonomous Vehicles ◽  
Consumer Preferences ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Social Goals ◽  
Automated Vehicles ◽  
Car Accidents ◽  
Frequency Of Use ◽  
Environment Variables

Automated vehicles (AVs) have the potential to change the way we travel within our cities. However, the conditions under which consumers will adopt AVs are poorly understood. An internet-based survey was conducted in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area to understand how consumers will respond to automated vehicles. This study estimates the effect of demographic characteristics, travel characteristics, and built-environment variables on respondent’s willingness to pay for private autonomous vehicles and frequency of use for shared autonomous vehicles under different pricing levels. The results indicate that having a higher household income and owning a more expensive vehicle are good predictors of interest in PAVs, whereas individuals who experienced more car accidents as a passenger and individuals who commute using public transit or walk/cycle are more interested in SAVs. Regional rail users, Uber users, and younger respondents were interested in both ownership models. This provides insight to help policymakers advance transportation policies and collective social goals.

scholarly journals Consumer willingness to pay for fair-trade attributes of goat meat in Kenya: A choice experiment analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 372-386
Author(s):  
David Jakinda Otieno ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Fair Trade ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Choice Experiment ◽  
Consumer Preferences ◽  
Random Parameter ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Support Provision ◽  
Goat Meat ◽  
Domestic Markets

Fair trade is an important ethical concern in the food value chains of developed countries. However, there is a dearth of empirical insights into consumer preferences for this critical aspect in the domestic markets of developing countries. The current study analysed consumer willingness to pay (WTP) for fair-trade attributes in the goat meat value chain in Nairobi, Kenya. Choice experiment data from 270 randomly sampled consumers was analysed using the random parameter logit (RPL) model. The results show that 56% of the consumers were aware of the fair-trade concept and 64% of them were willing to pay for fair-trade-compliant practices. Specifically, consumers were willing to pay a premium of 62% to prevent child labour, 45% to support provision of medical insurance for workers in the meat value chain, 40% for direct purchase from producers, 39% for fair-trade labelling and 30% to support disabled people as part of corporate social responsibility

scholarly journals Consumer Information and Willingness to Pay an Additional Price for Food Safety of Dairy Products

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 53
Author(s):  
MSc. Xhevat Sopi ◽  
Dr.Sc. Engjëll Shkreli ◽  
MSc. Visar Sutaj
Keyword(s):  
Food Safety ◽  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Dairy Products ◽  
Consumer Information ◽  
Chain Store ◽  
Premium Price ◽  
Food Quality And Safety ◽  
Information Consumers ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Additional Safety

Due to food safety incidents around the world, a number of research projects have found growing willingness to pay (WTP) premium price for additional safety of food products. However, this depends on the amount of information consumers have regarding food safety. The objective of this paper is to assess the level of information consumers have on the safety of dairy products in Kosovo and the impact of information on the consumers’ willingness to pay premium price for dairy products if they are certified with food safety standards.The results come from a survey conducted with 303 customers of Viva Fresh supermarket chain store, who were interviewed at the time of purchase in the supermarket. Descriptive statistics shows lack of knowledge of food safety; only 15% of respondents are aware of ISO9001 standard, 7% are aware of HACCP and only 10.2% of respondents can make a difference between the concepts of food quality and safety. With regard to information 66.3% of respondents have heard of food safety problems while 47.33% have heard through the media.Using a logistic regression model, the research found that consumers who have heard about the problems of food safety (p = 0.049) and those who are aware of the ISO 9001 (p = 0.002) are more likely to have a positive attitude towards WTP.

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