TY - JOUR
T1 - Producers and consumers of organic meat
T2 - A focus on attitudes and motivations
AU - McEachern, Morven G.
AU - Willock, Joyce
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2004/7/1
Y1 - 2004/7/1
N2 - Research into organic production is internationally widespread but has rarely focused on producer's motivations for adopting organic farming techniques and whether organic consumers share their values. As conventional agricultural prices remain depressed, questions arise surrounding producer's motivations towards organic production. For example, are motivations based on economic rather than ethical decisions? Additionally, what motivations underpin consumer's organic purchases and are those values shared between producers and consumers? Using postal questionnaires, the attitudes and motivations of both producers and consumers towards organic livestock production, are explored. Future recommendations are made to the industry with regard to the UK market for organically produced meat.
AB - Research into organic production is internationally widespread but has rarely focused on producer's motivations for adopting organic farming techniques and whether organic consumers share their values. As conventional agricultural prices remain depressed, questions arise surrounding producer's motivations towards organic production. For example, are motivations based on economic rather than ethical decisions? Additionally, what motivations underpin consumer's organic purchases and are those values shared between producers and consumers? Using postal questionnaires, the attitudes and motivations of both producers and consumers towards organic livestock production, are explored. Future recommendations are made to the industry with regard to the UK market for organically produced meat.
KW - Consumer behaviour
KW - Individual perception
KW - Organic foods
KW - United Kingdom
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84986120223&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1108/00070700410545737
DO - 10.1108/00070700410545737
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84986120223
VL - 106
SP - 534
EP - 552
JO - British Food Journal
JF - British Food Journal
SN - 0007-070X
IS - 7
ER -