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A Review of Organic Food Consumption from a Sustainability Perspective and Future Research Directions

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  • Chamila R Perera
  • Lester W Johnson
  • Chandana R Hewege

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This paper reviews organic food consumption from a sustainability perspective with a view to suggesting future research directions. It gives an overview of historical evolution of organic food consumption as a sustainability movement and provides a critical review of a large body of previous research, which examines organic food consumption from various perspectives. The paper highlights some research gaps and suggests essential future research directions in the field of study: (1) a discourse analysis of the notion of organic food; (2) a systematic industry review of the multiple organic food certification systems; (3) a comparative study to examine consumers’ confusion between scientifically proven health benefits of organic food and perceived value of organic food; (4) an examination of socio cultural aspects of organic food consumption; (5) an assessment of how the benefits of developing organic food markets transfer to developing countries and; (6) a development of a detailed profile of global consumers in the organic food market.

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  • Chamila R Perera & Lester W Johnson & Chandana R Hewege, 2018. "A Review of Organic Food Consumption from a Sustainability Perspective and Future Research Directions," International Journal of Management and Sustainability, Conscientia Beam, vol. 7(4), pages 204-214.
    • Handle: RePEc:pkp:ijomas:v:7:y:2018:i:4:p:204-214:id:1051
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