Consumers Demand for Social Farming Products: An Analysis with Discrete Choice Experiments

Tempesta, Tiziano; Vecchiato, Daniel; Nassivera, Federico; Bugatti, Maria; Torquati, Biancamaria

doi:10.3390/su11236742

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“…However, it should be seen as part of the social economy in which mainly third sector entities engage. SF products are increasingly appreciated by consumers, both for being social and for their ecological orientation [17].…”

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The Return on Investment in Social Farming: A Strategy for Sustainable Rural Development in Rural Catalonia

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Although social farming (SF) has been a successful endeavor in Catalonia over the last 30 years, it has not been visible for part of society, which is largely unaware of its existence. Nevertheless, this study has demonstrated after studying five cases that the social return on investment (SROI) has been significant in rural areas. In this study, five in-depth interviews were carried out, and a general questionnaire was sent to 161 SF projects in Catalonia with a view to analyzing the participation of stakeholders and the returns they have achieved. The SROI method and the benefits to different stakeholders are concisely described. Our main foci are people at risk of social exclusion, their families, and the project promoters, but we also believe it is essential to analyze the administration of projects and the settings in which they take place. It is calculated that there is a social, economic, and environmental return on investment in terms of the benefits to the territory’s sustainable local development at an approximate proportion of three euros for every euro invested. Without a doubt, SF can help to support proximity agriculture, thus favoring its development and viability.

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“…A four-part questionnaire was designed to analyze the potential demand for eggs produced companies that practice social farming. However, according to the respondents, two factors appear to be decisive for ensuring the future development of social farming, namely an adequate certification system and proper communication on the added value of social farming products [15]. The analysis is based on annual data on energy production until 2019 from BP public limited company.…”

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Evaluation of market demand for a specific product

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The aim of this paper was to evaluate the demand for mobile phones in the world at the time of the coronavirus pandemic and to predict future development up until the end of 2022. During the covid-19 pandemic, markets in all sectors were subdued due to limited production and sales. As the production of chips for electronics was one of the deeply affected areas in terms of production slowdown, along with the rapid purchase of electronics at the beginning of the pandemic, there was also a slowdown in sales. The method of describing time series and calculation using linear regression is used. In this work, it is found that the decline in demand for mobile phones was caused by a global pandemic and consumers' uncertainty in maintaining their jobs. Overall, during the covid-19 pandemic, we saw a drop in the number of mobile phone units sold by more than 40,000. Furthermore, it was found that the entire mobile phone market is clearly recovering after the coronavirus crisis.

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“…According to the theory, an individual will always select the alternative that maximizes his or her utility. Utility assigned to each alternative is determined by several attributes or characteristics, and since an individual's direct utility cannot be measured; their choices can be observed [ 24 ]. The utility of an alternative in this case depends on the attributes of the alternative as well as the individual whereby some are observable while others are unobservable to the analyst [ 25 ].…”

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Willingness to Pay for Hexanal Technology among Banana Farmers in Meru County, Kenya

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International Journal of Food Science

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From the perspective of food categories, fresh produce are the leading sources of food loss and waste globally. Their highly perishable nature shortens their shelf-lives leading to high postharvest losses if not properly handled. Currently, these losses are estimated at sixty-six percent based on total weight. Reduction of these losses will ensure constant supply of food along the supply chain as well as economic empowerment of the rural poor. Hexanal which is a naturally occurring compound has been developed as an intervention to prolong shelf-life of delicate tropical fruits such as bananas while also maintaining their quality. However, empirical evidence is still required on the usefulness of hexanal to farmers. It is envisaged that such evidence would inform scaling up of the technology in Kenya. This study assessed willingness to pay for hexanal and the factors influencing WTP amounts among banana farmers in Meru County, Kenya. Primary data was collected from 130 respondents who were grouped into aware and not aware of Hexanal. Results indicate that farmers who are aware of hexanal had a higher mean WTP Ksh 466.47 (US $4.66) compared to those not aware Ksh 331.86 (US $3.32). Factors such as age and income influenced the WTP amounts between subsamples. The major key policy implication of the study is the importance of stakeholders investing in the dissemination of information on hexanal among farmers to enhance uptake.

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Consumers Demand for Social Farming Products: An Analysis with Discrete Choice Experiments

Cited by 6 publications

References 54 publications

The Return on Investment in Social Farming: A Strategy for Sustainable Rural Development in Rural Catalonia

The Return on Investment in Social Farming: A Strategy for Sustainable Rural Development in Rural Catalonia

Evaluation of market demand for a specific product

Willingness to Pay for Hexanal Technology among Banana Farmers in Meru County, Kenya

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