Information and Preferences

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
George C. Davis ◽  
Elena L. Serrano
Keyword(s):  
Food Consumption ◽  
Demand Function ◽  
Demand Curve ◽  
Food Choices ◽  
Information Campaign ◽  
Information Campaigns ◽  
Economic Framework ◽  
Food And Nutrition ◽  
Role Of Information

Chapter 7 incorporates the role of information in a very general way into the economic framework developed in Chapters 3–6. The focus of the analysis is to determine how information may affect preferences and therefore influence the demand curve and demand function for foods. The chapter evaluates possible changes in food consumption induced by a change in an information campaign relative to a nutrient or food recommendation level. It shows how other factors may moderate or offset informational campaigns that are designed to improve healthy food choices. The chapter closes with some of the main empirical findings relating different information campaigns to food and nutrition choices.

Prices

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
George C. Davis ◽  
Elena L. Serrano
Keyword(s):  
Food Consumption ◽  
Price Elasticity ◽  
Demand Function ◽  
Demand Curve ◽  
Food Choices ◽  
Elasticity Of Demand ◽  
Price Elasticity Of Demand ◽  
Law Of Demand ◽  
Food And Nutrition ◽  
The Law

Chapter 5 focuses on how prices affect food and nutrition choices. This chapter presents and discusses the law of demand and the demand curve. The chapter explains the importance of the slope of the demand curve and how this relates to the price elasticity of demand. It also evaluates possible changes in food consumption, induced by a change in price, relative to a nutrient or food recommendation level. Factors that would cause the demand curve to change (shift) are discussed. The chapter explains the important difference between the demand curve and demand function. The chapter closes with some of the main empirical findings relating price to food choices and nutrition.

scholarly journals Aware Migrants: The role of information campaigns in the management of migration

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
pp. 629-640 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierluigi Musarò
Keyword(s):  
Specific Information ◽  
Information Campaign ◽  
Information Campaigns ◽  
Italian Government ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Difference ◽  
And Control ◽  
Role Of Information

Taking as a starting point studies on the biopolitics of bordering, as well as media studies, this article explores how information campaigns deter potential migrants and refugees from leaving their countries depict them in very specific ways, operating as ‘new bordering practices’ that are in conjunction with extraterritorial border policies. This article probes this question through the example of a specific information campaign – Aware Migrants (2016) – funded by the Italian Government and managed by International Organization for Migration (IOM) to dissuade potential newcomers from attempting the journey across the Mediterranean Sea. As the analysis of Aware Migrants makes clear, it contributes to normalizing a transnational imaginary into a militarized borderscape comprising places of violence and death, exploitation and detention, which is part of the complex dichotomies of care and control, proper of contemporary border regimes. Finally, the article sheds light on how these symbolic bordering practices contribute to nurturing a ‘compassionate repression’ that increasingly and silently legitimizes the difference between the ‘us’ (the figure of the citizen) and the ‘them’ (the figure of the foreigner).

Convenience and Time

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
George C. Davis ◽  
Elena L. Serrano
Keyword(s):  
Food Consumption ◽  
Demand Function ◽  
Demand Curve ◽  
Food Choices ◽  
Time Constraint ◽  
Time Price ◽  
Money Price

Chapter 6 incorporates a time constraint into the analysis presented in Chapter 5. It demonstrates how some individuals may be “time poor but money rich” but others may be “time rich but money poor”. The chapter shows how the money price and time price of a good can be brought together to create what economists call the “full price” of a good. The chapter explains how this extension affects the demand curve and demand function from Chapter 5. To make the discussion policy relevant, the possible change in food consumption induced by a change in money price or time price is evaluated relative to a nutrient or food recommendation level. The chapter closes with some of the main empirical findings relating time to food choices and nutrition.

scholarly journals The Effect of Culture on Food Consumption; a Case of Special Religious Days in Turkey

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 92
Author(s):  
Dilistan Shipman ◽  
Beril Durmus
Keyword(s):  
Food Consumption ◽  
Cultural Beliefs ◽  
Food Choices ◽  
Purchase Intentions ◽  
Purchasing Behavior ◽  
Food Purchasing ◽  
Consumption Practices ◽  
Different Cultures ◽  
Religious Fasting

Cultural beliefs and traditions influence the consumption and the preparation of certain foods especially in special times in different cultures. Religion and traditions in different cultures lead to restrictions of some food from the diet. Culture and religion influence food consumption patterns. This paper documents how culture, religion and traditional knowledge impacts the food purchasing behavior and food choices. Most people in Turkey are Muslims and traditionally, their food consumption is influenced by the culture especially in Ramadan which involves religious fasting days and Ramadan is a time to purify the soul, refocus attention on God, and practice self-discipline and sacrifice. “Şeker Bayramı” which symbolizes the end of the fasting, is the first day of Shawwal, and it is the 10th month of the Islamic calendar period in which people treat their guests to sweets and traditional desserts. “Kurban Bayramı” commemorates Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his son Ishmael to show his faithfulness to Allah takes place 70 days after the end of Ramadan and during these days the meat of the slaughtered animal is shared with the poor and neighbors. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of Islamic beliefs and culture in moderating consumer’s attitudes, purchase intentions and consumption of food during these special days. A questionnaire was administered online among 297 participants and the responses were collated with factor analysis, independent sample T-test and ANOVA tests. The empirical research indicates variable food consumption practices during the Muslim festivals. 

ROLE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) IN AGRICULTURE FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-8
Author(s):  
R. P. BAIN ◽  
D. P. RAI ◽  
SIDDARTH NAYAK
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Sustainable Society ◽  
Indian Agriculture ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Role Of Information

If we want to convert our rural population into knowledge driven, progressive, self sufficient, self reliant, sustainable society, the role of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT’s) cannot be ignored. Timely availability information is considered as most important factor in Indian agriculture. At present ICT is the technology of this millennium. Transferring the developed technology to all end users is time-consuming and tiresome task and is often not completed due to paucity of resources and lack of manpower. In India, agriculture and rural development has gained significantly from ICT due to its widespread extension and adoption. In this era of internet, ICT is committed to provide real, timely accurate authentic information to the farmers and rural peoples.

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