Environmental Concerns of Agri-Food Product Consumers: Key Factors
Issued Date
2024-07-01
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20770472
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2-s2.0-85199634810
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Agriculture (Switzerland)
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14
Issue
7
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Agriculture (Switzerland) Vol.14 No.7 (2024)
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Valdelomar-Muñoz S., Murgado-Armenteros E.M. Environmental Concerns of Agri-Food Product Consumers: Key Factors. Agriculture (Switzerland) Vol.14 No.7 (2024). doi:10.3390/agriculture14071197 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/100207
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Environmental Concerns of Agri-Food Product Consumers: Key Factors
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Abstract
Growing consumer interest in caring for the environment has motivated the development of multiple studies focused on discovering this variable’s impact on purchasing behaviour. However, a major gap still exists between attitude and pro-environmental behaviour caused by the need for greater environmental awareness, among other things. Therefore, knowing the environmental issues that worry consumers of agrifood products is important. This work digs deeper into this issue by analysing these environmental concerns and examining differences between countries with different levels of environmental sensitivity. CAWI methodology has been used to conduct an online survey in four countries (Spain, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Denmark), with 3200 valid responses analysed using qualitative and quantitative techniques. The obtained results highlight the existence of 11 major environmental dimensions or issues for consumers of agri-food products. In addition, a correspondence analysis identifies two key factors, the first focused on a range of environmental problems of a more general nature and the second with greater interest focused on concern for biodiversity conservation. This study has implications for both the agri-food sector and European agricultural policy.