The Relationship Between Consumer Behaviour, Attitudes and Acceptance of Public Policy Tools Advancing Sustainable Food Consumption

• Autorzy: Anna Wielicka-Regulska
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Research background: The great importance of food consumption for the sustainability of food systems means that active public policy in this area can have a lot of positive effects. Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to present the challenges facing the agri-food sector and to study consumer attitudes towards seasonal and organic food, local food, urban agriculture, food waste and meat consumption, carbon footprints and how these attitudes relate to the acceptance of public policy tools (a tax on junk food, a green public procurement, a deposit on plastic bottles, a tax-free donation of food to public benefit organisations, a fee for wasted food for large retailers) that could transform food distribution and consumption. Research methodology: cardinality tables and interdependence analysis using Pearson's linear correlation coefficientResults: The study revealed that most respondents buy seasonal food when possible and limit meat consumption to some extent. They are rarely influenced by the impact of food on the climate. Most people are in favour of offering dishes based on local food in public institutions with catering (hospitals, schools, prisons, etc.). Most respondents were negative about gardening for food production. Involvement in local food was associated with a higher acceptance for green public procurement and higher VAT on junk food. Novelty: Both the range of considered policy instruments and the analysis of their acceptance in the context of selected behaviours and attitudes have not been previously studied and make up a new area of inquiry essential in the debate on sustainable food consumption. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Public policy; Food; Sustainable consumption; Food policy

PL

Polityka publiczna; Żywność; Konsumpcja zrównoważona; Polityka żywnościowa

• Czasopismo: Folia Oeconomica Stetinensia
• Rocznik: 2020
• Numer: vol. 20, iss. 2
• Strony: 436--450

Twórcy

autor

Anna Wielicka-Regulska

• Poznan University of Life Sciences, Poland

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DOI

10.2478/foli-2020-0058