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Meta-analysis of consumers’ willingness to pay for sustainable food products
(2021)
Conference lecture
Open AccessConsumers are demanding products with high sustainable standards and have increasingly paid attention to the wider ethical issues and sustainable food products. This research helps to broaden the study of WTP for sustainable ... -
Meta-analysis of consumers' willingness to pay for sustainable food products
(2021)
Conference lecture
Open AccessThere is a continuous increasing number of studies dealing with consumers’ willingness to pay (WTP) price premiums for sustainable food products. This research focused on a broad area of sustainable food products, including ... -
Animal welfare or greenhouse gas emissions ? Consumers’ preferences for hens’ eggs in Spain
(2021)
Conference lecture
Open AccessWe conducted a labelled Discrete Choice Experiment (DCE) to assess consumers’ Willingness to Pay (WTP) and purchase intentions for fresh hens’ eggs under different production systems (caged, barn, free range and organic). ... -
Impacto y medidas de adaptación del sector ganadero español durante el confinamiento en la primera ola del Covid-19
(Asociación Interprofesional para el Desarrollo Agrario, 2022)
Conference lecture
Open AccessLa excepcional crisis sanitaria ocasionada por el Covid-19 y la entrada en vigor del RD 463/2020, por el que se declaró el estado de alarma, supuso la implementación de medidas preventivas con gran incidencia en el sector ... -
Impact of covid-19 pandemic on willingness to consume insect-based food products in Catalonia
(2021)
Conference lecture
Open AccessEdible insects are among the novel sustainable sources of protein in the West. The impact of COVID-19 on the willingness to consume (WTC) jam and yogurt enriched with insect ingredients was analyzed. A questionnaire was ... -
Strategies to revitalise agro-food value chains in medium sized cities: the case of Vilanova i la Geltrú
(Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, 2021)
Conference report
Open AccessIn recent years, large and medium-sized cities around Spain and other European countries have developed strategies to contribute to the recovery of local agro-food value chains. Through approaches that pursue bottom-up ... -
Should animal welfare be included in educational programs? Attitudes of secondary and university students from eight EU Countries
(2021)
Conference lecture
Open AccessAnimal welfare educational programs aim to promote positive attitudes of future generations towards animal production systems. This study investigated whether secondary and university students in the majors that are not ... -
Farmers’ preferences regarding climate change adaptation and mitigation actions, towards a sustainable agriculture
(2021)
Conference lecture
Open AccessClimate change compromises sustainable agricultural development. It has deep economic, environmental, and social impacts, particularly on vulnerable rural regions in developing countries. This study analyzes farmers’ ... -
Consumers’ perception of new aquaculture technologies
(2021)
Conference lecture
Open AccessThis study aimed to understand European consumers’ perception of new production systems and new managing technologies applied in the aquaculture industry. -
Climate change adaptation and mitigation actions based on farmers' environmental preferences and perceptions
(2021)
Conference lecture
Open AccessClimate change compromises sustainable agricultural development. It has deep economic, environmental and social impacts, particularly on vulnerable rural regions in developing countries where agriculture constitutes the ... -
Impact of covid-19 lockdown on students’ performance in the starting phase of food and biological systems engineering
(Asociación Universitaria de Educación y Psicología (ASUNIVEP), 2021)
Conference lecture
Open AccessThe COVID-19 pandemic situation caused several economic and social changes. The Lockdown created new working (e. G. , Teleworking) and students’ situations (e-learning) under unknown and unfamiliar conditions which induced ... -
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on willingness to consume insect-based food products in Catalonia
(2021)
Conference lecture
Restricted access to the UPC academic communityFood and drinks enriched with insect ingredients have started appearing on the European market since 2014 and have significantly increased since 2018. According to the Global New Products Database (GNPD) of Mintel©, the ...