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Erwartungen schweizerischer und deutscher Verbraucher an nachhaltige Lebensmittel

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  • Marie von Meyer-Höfer

    (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Department für Agrarökonomie und Rurale Entwicklung, Marketing für Lebensmittel und Agrarprodukte)

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Nachhaltiger Konsum ist seit einigen Jahren ein international angestrebtes Politikziel, das vor allem auch für die Agrar- und Ernährungswirtschaft immer wichtiger wird. Allerdings gibt es bisher keine allgemein anerkannte Definition von Nachhaltigkeit bzw. nachhaltigen Lebensmitteln. Diese Studie zielt daher auf die Analyse der Erwartungen schweizerischer und deutscher Konsumenten gegenüber nachhaltigen Lebensmitteln ab. Die Daten für diese Studie wurden in einer Online-Befragung 2013 in der Schweiz und Deutschland gewonnen. Zur Datenauswertung wurden Mittelwertvergleiche und explorative Faktorenanalysen durchgeführt. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass Verbraucher in beiden Ländern von nachhaltigen Lebensmitteln sowohl ökologische, soziale und ethische Eigenschaften erwarten aber auch traditionelle Lebensmittelqualitäten wie beispielsweise Frische und Geschmack. Um den nachhaltigen Lebensmittelkonsum insgesamt zu fördern ist es nötig, dass die entsprechenden Produkte den Verbrauchererwartungen gerecht werden, glaubwürdig gekennzeichnet und kommuniziert werden. Since several years sustainable food consumption is an international policy goal. Also for the agri-food sector sustainability becomes more and more relevant. However, there is not yet a common understanding of sustainability or sustainable food. This paper thus focusses on the expectation of Swiss and German consumers towards sustainable food. The data for this study was collected in 2013 via online surveys in Switzerland and Germany. Mean values were analysed and exploratory factor analysis were performed. The results show that consumers in both countries expect sustainable food products to meet ecological, social and ethical requirements as well as traditional food qualities such as freshness and taste. Due to the fact that most sustainability food attributes are credence attributes policy and business actors need to formulate, fulfill and communicate appropriate standards to further support sustainable food consumption.

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  • Marie von Meyer-Höfer, 2016. "Erwartungen schweizerischer und deutscher Verbraucher an nachhaltige Lebensmittel," Journal of Socio-Economics in Agriculture (Until 2015: Yearbook of Socioeconomics in Agriculture), Swiss Society for Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, vol. 1(1), pages 1-13.
  • Handle: RePEc:cha:ysa001:v:9:y:2016:i:1:p:1-13
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    1. Marike Isaak & Wolfgang Lentz, 2020. "Consumer Preferences for Sustainability in Food and Non-Food Horticulture Production," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(17), pages 1-16, August.
    2. Lamberz, Julia & Litfin, Thorsten & Teckert, Özlem & Meeh-Bunse, Gunther, 2019. "How Does the Attitude to Sustainable Food Influence the Perception of Customers at the Point of Sale? - an Eye-Tracking Study," Proceedings of the ENTRENOVA - ENTerprise REsearch InNOVAtion Conference (2019), Rovinj, Croatia, in: Proceedings of the ENTRENOVA - ENTerprise REsearch InNOVAtion Conference, Rovinj, Croatia, 12-14 September 2019, pages 476-483, IRENET - Society for Advancing Innovation and Research in Economy, Zagreb.

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    Keywords

    Sustainable Food Consumption; Consumer Expectations; Agricultural Policy;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • Q13 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Markets and Marketing; Cooperatives; Agribusiness
    • Q18 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Policy; Food Policy; Animal Welfare Policy

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