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Profiling Tunisian olive oil Consumers based on the Environmental Sustainability value perception
(2022-04-15)
Most of the research works about consumer behavior toward olive oil are based on quality attributes and indicators. Consumption values have not been explored, especially for olive oil consumption. Thus, the present work proposes an analysis of the Tunisian consumer’s behavior towards olive oil, based on consumption values, especially environmental sustainability value since olive oil is typically a green and sustainable product. Drawing on the findings of a survey of a Tunisian household’s sample, an exploratory ...
Zeitschrift
Vol. 10 No. 2 (2022)
(Specialized Partnerships in Sustainable Food Systems and Food Sovereignty, Faculty of Organic Agricultural Sciences, the University of Kassel, Germany and the Federation of German Scientists (VDW), 2022-05-30)
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Valuing environmentally sustainable agriculture? Food and water concerns, production literacy, and consumption behaviours in rural-regional Australia
(2022-05-30)
Although Australia currently enjoys high food security, increasing climate change pressure on the planet’s direst land mass, governed by the least climate change mitigating legislators, makes this position increasingly tenuous amid increasingly globalised, industrial food production systems. This article presents primary data exploring the salience of food and water concerns compared with related knowledge affecting agricultural product consumption. Respondents to an online survey were drawn from employees at a large ...
Zeitschrift
Vol. 10 No. 3 (2022)
(Specialized Partnerships in Sustainable Food Systems and Food Sovereignty, Faculty of Organic Agricultural Sciences, the University of Kassel, Germany and the Federation of German Scientists (VDW), 2022-07-27)
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Adoption and effectiveness of hermetic storage bags to reduce staple food postharvest loss for sustainability in the Ejura-Sekyedumase Municipality, Ghana
(2022-07-31)
Postharvest loss is a major problem facing agricultural households in the global south. It is in this context that the introduction of hermetic storage bags is viewed by many as a key solution to averting postharvest loss, especially for grains which are essential to food security. While there have been policy efforts to increase the availability of hermetic storage bags for farmers, little is known regarding the extent of its adoption and effectiveness in reducing grain loss. This study fills this empirical vacuum ...
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Horsegram [Macrotyloma uniflorum]: an underutilized pulse crop as a sustainable plant-based protein
(2022-07-31)
The demand of consumers for plant-based protein is high and is anticipated to increase in the future due to various underlying health benefits. Moreover, the production of high-quality animal protein globally results in a challenging situation for the sustainability of the environment. Contemporary, to find new alternative protein sources, underutilized legumes are given more attention to meet the ever-increasing requirement for vegetable protein.One of the indigenous underutilized legumes is Horsegram (Macrotyloma ...
Zeitschrift
Vol. 10 No. 4 (2022)
(Specialized Partnerships in Sustainable Food Systems and Food Sovereignty, Faculty of Organic Agricultural Sciences, the University of Kassel, Germany and the Federation of German Scientists (VDW), 2022-08-31)
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Sustainability Assessment for Asparagus Farms that Work with a Community-Supported Agriculture Model in Turkey
(2022-07-31)
Due to the diversified nature of agricultural systems, it is difficult to handle the sustainability aspects of different farming practices. With an intention to evaluate the sustainability of the community-supported agriculture (CSA) model in Turkey, the current study focuses on asparagus farms and designs farm-specific sustainability indicators that would be helpful for the farmers. The framework developed for this purpose consists of 20 environmental, 8 economic, and 17 social sustainability indicators derived and ...
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Icing the Cake: A Lifestyle-based Benefit and Preference Analysis on Online Grocery Shopping
(2022-07-31)
Germany has not kept pace with the global development of online grocery shopping (OGS) and despite a pandemic-related increase remains on a moderate level. This phenomenon may reflect infrastructural benefits of stationary retailing, personal and household preferences, and perceptions of OGS services. To this end, this study investigates the determinants of OGS benefit perception addressing the interconnection between personal and household benefits and situational conditions based on qualitative ...
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Social assistance and food security during covid-19 pandemic lock-down: insights from Nigeria
(2022-02-15)
Nigeria, a fast-growing country has been food insecure prior to Covid-19 pandemic. Local agricultural production cannot satisfy the food and nutrition needs of its ever-growing population. This state was aggravated by the covid-19 pandemic lockdown, which was adopted by the Government to stem the spread of the virus. To cushion the effects of the lockdown, social assistance of diverse forms, from varying sources were supplied. This study assesses the effect of the lockdown order on household food security level and ...