scholarly journals Study on the Lamb Meat Consumer Behavior in Brazil

Foods ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 1713
Author(s):  
Heloísa Valarine Battagin ◽  
Begoña Panea ◽  
Marco Antonio Trindade
Keyword(s):  
Principal Component ◽  
Meat Consumption ◽  
Marketing Strategies ◽  
Niche Markets ◽  
Multiple Factor Analysis ◽  
Relationship Analysis ◽  
Lamb Meat ◽  
Categorical Principal Component Analysis ◽  
Consumer Habits ◽  
Production Areas

In Brazil, the sheep market, including lamb meat consumption, is regionalized, and the consumption of lamb meat is higher in production areas; yet, consumption of lamb still remains below that of other meat livestock. The aim of this study was to identify the profile of Brazilian lamb meat consumers in order to understand their behavior in relation to food in general and on the consumption of this species. Therefore, a survey on consumer habits and preferences regarding food buying and consumption habits, their preferences in relation to the quality attributes of lamb meat, and sociodemographic characterization was performed. Data collected were analyzed by nonlinear canonic relationship analysis and categorical principal component analysis, followed by multiple factor analysis. Three consumer profiles were identified: traditional, interested, and disinterested, and a fourth group was considered independent but could not be described. Among lamb meat consumers, men with higher income seemed to be more frequent consumers than the others, and the intrinsic characteristics of meat quality, especially color and freshness, were the most important at the time of purchase. Thus, the results could be important to the industry in order to guide marketing strategies to certain niche markets.

Analyzing Consumer Impulse Purchasing Behaviour Using Observational Data

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 16-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuliia Kyrdoda ◽  
George Baltas ◽  
A.Malek Hammami
Keyword(s):  
Principal Component Analysis ◽  
Logistic Regression Model ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Marketing Strategies ◽  
Purchasing Behavior ◽  
Purchasing Behaviour ◽  
Categorical Principal Component Analysis

This article identifies consumers' impulse purchasing behavior in supermarkets. The study includes an interpretation of the impulse decision relationship with the final purchase and an analysis of the distribution of impulse purchasers' demographic characteristics (age and shoppers' company). SPSS was used to analyze the observed data at a national retail supermarket chain. The logistic regression model was developed in order to identify the explanatory power of the variables. Categorical principal component analysis was employed to analyze the distribution of the variables. Empirical findings indicated that “impulsive decision” has a stronger intensity on “purchase” than “gender” does. Impulsive customers are split into three age groups and two company categories. These results could be used to design marketing strategies in order to increase sales. However, a few limitations occurred during the study such as: observation timing, unicity of location and observers' subjectivity.

scholarly journals Lamb Meat Quality and Carcass Evaluation of Five Autochthonous Sheep Breeds: Towards Biodiversity Protection

Animals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 3222
Author(s):  
Maria Giovanna Ciliberti ◽  
Antonella Santillo ◽  
Rosaria Marino ◽  
Elena Ciani ◽  
Mariangela Caroprese ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Chemical Composition ◽  
Meat Quality ◽  
Fatty Acid Content ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Human Consumption ◽  
Sheep Breeds ◽  
Fatty Acids Profile ◽  
Lamb Meat

In the present study, the evaluation of the carcasses and meat quality, in terms of chemical composition and fatty acid profile, of lambs from five autochthonous sheep breeds (Altamurana, Bagnolese, Gentile di Puglia, Laticauda, and Leccese) reared in continental Southern Italy, were studied. All the carcasses were evaluated according to the EU Mediterranean classification system for carcasses weighing less than 13 kg. Meat chemical composition and fatty acids profile were assessed on both loin and leg commercial cuts. Fatty acid composition of loin resulted in differences among breeds, displaying lower values of saturated fatty acid in Altamurana, Bagnolese, and Leccese breeds and the highest content of polyunsaturated fatty acid in the Altamurana breed. Principal component analysis grouped lamb according to fatty acid content and to conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), omega n-3 and n-6 fatty acids; thus, Altamurana, Bagnolese, and Leccese breeds are characterized by the highest values of CLA content. Our data demonstrated that lamb meat from autochthonous breed has good carcass quality and the content of CLA, n-3, and n-6 was valuable for human consumption; therefore, the valorisation of local meat quality can help to avoid the extinction of the autochthonous breed offering to the market and consumer’s high nutritive products.

Molecular phylogenetics, PCA, and MFA recover a new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from an isolated sandstone massif in northwestern Cambodia

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4949 (2) ◽  
pp. 261-288
Author(s):  
L. LEE GRISMER ◽  
PETER GEISSLER ◽  
THY NEANG ◽  
TIMO HARTMANN ◽  
PHILIPP WAGNER ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Phylogenetics ◽  
Mitochondrial Gene ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Multiple Factor Analysis ◽  
Base Pairs ◽  
Nadh Dehydrogenase Subunit 2 ◽  
Habitat Island

The integrated results of maximum likelihood (ML) and Bayesian inference (BI) analyses, principal component analyses (PCA), and a multiple factor analysis (MFA) recover a new, widely allopatric species of the Cyrtodactylus intermedius species group. Cyrtodactylus kulenensis sp. nov is endemic to the Phnom Kulen sandstone massif of the Phnom Kulen National Park, Siem Reap Province, in the lowlands of northwestern Cambodia. A phylogenetic analysis from a short read (275 base pairs) of the mitochondrial gene NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 (ND2) from C. kulenensis sp. nov. was aligned with 1449 base pairs from all other species in the intermedius group.  The analysis recovered C. kulenensis sp. nov. as the sister species to a lineage composed of populations from the widely separated hilly regions of Sa Keao and Sakaerat in eastern Thailand. Multivariate (PCA, DAPC, and MFA) and univariate analyses (ANOVA) using combinations of meristic (scale counts), mensural (morphometric), and categorical (color pattern and morphology) characters from 52 specimens encompassing all species of the intermedius group clearly demonstrate C. kulenensis sp. nov. is significantly different and discretely diagnosable from all other species in the intermedius group. This new discovery further highlights the herpetological diversity and high levels of range-restricted endemism in basin-habitat-island landscapes throughout Indochina and the continued need for field work in the landscapes that remain unsurveyed. 

New Meat Without Livestock

2018 ◽  
pp. 344-361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kurt Schmidinger ◽  
Diana Bogueva ◽  
Dora Marinova
Keyword(s):  
Best Practice ◽  
Sustainable Consumption ◽  
Meat Consumption ◽  
Marketing Strategies ◽  
Consumption Patterns ◽  
Animal Products ◽  
Solution Strategies ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Policy Suggestions ◽  
Global Problems

This chapter summarizes the global problems associated with livestock production and meat consumption and shows solution strategies through replacing animal products with plant-based alternatives. The positive effects of plant-based alternatives on human health and the environment are reviewed together with approaches for reducing world hunger. Psychological strategies for nutritional transitions towards more sustainable consumption patterns and criteria for market success of meat alternatives are presented. This is followed by an overview of meat alternatives – from soy1, lupine or wheat based, to bleeding burgers and artificial intelligence concepts. Marketing strategies and best practice policy suggestions complete the chapter.

Flexitarianism and Social Marketing

2018 ◽  
pp. 105-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans Dagevos ◽  
Machiel J. Reinders
Keyword(s):  
Social Marketing ◽  
Consumer Culture ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Food System ◽  
Meat Consumption ◽  
Marketing Strategies ◽  
Behavioural Interventions ◽  
Eating Meat ◽  
Mind Set ◽  
Sustainable Transition

Society increasingly expresses concerns about the meat-centred food system, there is an increasing choice of plant-based meat substitutes and a growing amount of food consumers abstain from eating meat for several days per week (i.e., flexitarianism). However, consumers differ in their engagement regarding meat consumption moderation, leading to different transition routes of reducing meat consumption. Social marketing strategies are relevant when it comes to this transition and can be divided along a spectrum from light (“education”) to heavy (“law”). In the middle of this spectrum, nudging may be typified as aiming to unconsciously change behaviour by intervening in the context of consumption. This chapter presents two field experiments showing how these unconscious behavioural interventions could offer opportunities to effectively reduce meat consumption. Despite the promising contributions of these nudging interventions, a sustainable transition towards less meat consumption also requires changes in both prevalent consumers' mind-set and consumer culture.

scholarly journals Differences in Consumer Preferences for Lamb Meat before and during the Economic Crisis in Spain. Analysis and Perspectives

Foods ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 696 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrián Rabadán ◽  
Laura Martínez-Carrasco ◽  
Margarita Brugarolas ◽  
Casilda Navarro-Rodríguez de Vera ◽  
Estrella Sayas-Barberá ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Consumer Preferences ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Economic Recession ◽  
Meat Consumption ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Purchasing Decisions ◽  
External Appearance ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
Lamb Meat

Determining the preferences of food consumers is key for adapting supply and demand. This adaptation of supply is dynamic rather than static, given that it develops over time and is influenced by both social and economic factors. This work presents an analysis of the development of lamb meat consumption at two points in time, 2004 and 2014, before and in the midst of the economic crisis in Spain (2007–2017). Our findings show that together with the external appearance and against the backdrop of an economic recession, price has a greater impact on consumers’ purchasing decisions than origin and quality seals, despite these being attributes that are traditionally used as a guarantee of food safety and traceability. This suggests that in times of economic crisis consumer preferences shift towards attributes that are less related to product quality. Nonetheless, the comparison of the consumer segments for each of the years under study revealed that age and level of education are the socioeconomic factors that most influence the preferences of lamb meat consumers.

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