Canadian consumer opinions regarding food purchase decisions
Agricultural biotechnology produced genetically modified (GM) crops, not only provide economic benefits to farmers, but are beneficial to the environmental, human health, and consumers. At a time when no tool in agriculture can be overlooked when dealing with increasing environmental, food security,...
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| author | Diego Maximiliano Macall Claire Williams Savannah Gleim Stuart J. Smyth |
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| description | Agricultural biotechnology produced genetically modified (GM) crops, not only provide economic benefits to farmers, but are beneficial to the environmental, human health, and consumers. At a time when no tool in agriculture can be overlooked when dealing with increasing environmental, food security, and economic pressures, what do Canadian consumers think of GM food, following over 20 years of consumption? This article presents the results of a 2018 survey of 506 English-speaking Canadian consumers, about GM food, food labels and purchasing decisions. Results show the two most important factors that impact Canadian consumer food purchase decisions are: price and place of origin (Canadian made). Canadian consumers are responding to surveys about their willingness to consume GM food products in diametric opposition to their actual purchasing behavior. That is, consumers say they mistrust GM foods, but when consumers are making food purchase decisions in grocery stores, price is the key purchase determining factor. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b5b68315dd19464da1416248184e4a4f2022-12-21T23:38:52ZengElsevierJournal of Agriculture and Food Research2666-15432021-03-013100098Canadian consumer opinions regarding food purchase decisionsDiego Maximiliano Macall0Claire Williams1Savannah Gleim2Stuart J. Smyth3Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, CanadaDepartment of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, CanadaDepartment of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, CanadaCorresponding author. Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Saskatchewan, 51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5A8, Canada.; Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, CanadaAgricultural biotechnology produced genetically modified (GM) crops, not only provide economic benefits to farmers, but are beneficial to the environmental, human health, and consumers. At a time when no tool in agriculture can be overlooked when dealing with increasing environmental, food security, and economic pressures, what do Canadian consumers think of GM food, following over 20 years of consumption? This article presents the results of a 2018 survey of 506 English-speaking Canadian consumers, about GM food, food labels and purchasing decisions. Results show the two most important factors that impact Canadian consumer food purchase decisions are: price and place of origin (Canadian made). Canadian consumers are responding to surveys about their willingness to consume GM food products in diametric opposition to their actual purchasing behavior. That is, consumers say they mistrust GM foods, but when consumers are making food purchase decisions in grocery stores, price is the key purchase determining factor.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266615432030079XConsumersGM cropsBiotechnologyPrice premium |
| spellingShingle | Diego Maximiliano Macall Claire Williams Savannah Gleim Stuart J. Smyth Canadian consumer opinions regarding food purchase decisions Journal of Agriculture and Food Research Consumers GM crops Biotechnology Price premium |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Canadian consumer opinions regarding food purchase decisions |
| title_short | Canadian consumer opinions regarding food purchase decisions |
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| topic | Consumers GM crops Biotechnology Price premium |
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