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Comparing organic urban consumers in developing and developed countries: First results in Brazil and France.

Sirieix, Lucie; Abreu, Lucimar Santiago de; Watanabe, Maria Aico and Kledal, Paul Rye (2007) Comparing organic urban consumers in developing and developed countries: First results in Brazil and France. Paper at: AIEA2 and SOBER international conference, Londrina, Parana-Brazil, 22-27 of July 2007.

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Despite numerous studies reporting on sustainable consumption or organic consumer profiles, there is a gap in thorough understanding of organic consumers in different places, since most of studies only investigate organic consumption in most developed countries. The goal of this paper is thus to compare French and Brazilian organic consumers, so as to know if people think and behave differently or similarly in different places.
Individual interviews were conducted in each country, with consumers in organic producers market in Brazil, and consumers who buy organic products from farmers markets or local organic food network in France. Products were selected to cover examples of different choice situations such as imported organic products that compete with comparable products of local origin, or organic local products in supermarkets that compete with similar products from other distribution outlets.
Results show common consumer concerns such as quality or personal and family health, and common preference for local and organic products but for different reasons. However, results also shed light on different patterns related to environmental concerns or commitment to supporting small or local farmers.
The impacts of the findings of this study relate to a diversity of topics such as social mobilization for sustainable agriculture, local organic food networks and environmental concerns.


EPrint Type:Conference paper, poster, etc.
Type of presentation:Paper
Keywords:Organic consumers, Organic products, Consumers, Brazil, France
Agrovoc keywords:
Language
Value
URI
English
Organic foods
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_29261
English
Consumer behaviour
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1821
English
urban areas
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8085
Subjects: Values, standards and certification > Consumer issues
Research affiliation: Brazil > Embrapa - Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
Brazil > Other organizations Brazil
Denmark > DTU - Technical University of Denmark > DTU, DFVF - Danish Institute for Food and Veterinary Research
France > Montpellier SupAgro - Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques
Deposited By: Kledal, Researcher Paul Rye
ID Code:11247
Deposited On:14 Oct 2007
Last Modified:14 Dec 2012 11:18
Document Language:English
Status:Published
Refereed:Peer-reviewed and accepted

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