Search Results - subject:"Food miles"

Is "localness" about distance or relationships? : evidence from hard cider

Farris, Jarrad; Malone, Trey; Robison, Lindon J.; … - In: Journal of wine economics 14 (2019) 3, pp. 252-273

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Alimentos kilométricos y gases de efecto invernadero: Análisis del transporte de las importaciones de alimentos en el Estado español (1995-2007)

Fernández, Xavier Simón; Rodríguez, Damián Copena; … - In: Revista Iberoamericana de Economía Ecológica 22 (2014) July, pp. 1-16

distancia recorrida por los alimentos o “food miles” (km). El análisis se realiza según medios de transporte (aéreo, ferrocarril …

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Feeding the cities and greenhouse gas emissions: a new economic geography approach

De Cara, Stéphane; Fournier, Anne; Gaigné, Carl - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2014

’Buying local food’ is sometimes advocated as a means of reducing the ’carbon footprint’ of food products. This statement overlooks the trade-off between inter- and intra-regional food transportation. We investigate this issue by using an m-region, new economic geography model. The...

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The Food Miles Effect of the Korea-China Free Trade Agreement

Son, Eun-ae; Lim, Song-Soo - In: Journal of Rural Development/Nongchon-Gyeongje 36 (2013) 4

This paper estimates food miles effects for Korea. The data set is constructed using 4-digit Harmonized System codes … for 169 products and each productâ€™s trade flows with a total of 71 trading partners. The food miles level is estimated … their food miles effects when they are estimated by a product life-cycle approach. …

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Environmental aspects in local food promotion

Pícha, Kamil; Bartošovská, Lucie - 2012

The article aims to analyze environmental claims as a possible promotion element to support sales of local food. The article analyses some results of a questionnaire survey among customers of selected smaller food stores standing out of supranational retail chains.

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Influence of Consumer Demographics on the Demand for Locally Grown Ethnic Greens and Herbs Because of Food Miles Concerns: A Logit Model Analysis

Govindasamy, Ramu; Purduri, Venkata; Kelley, Kathleen; … - In: Journal of Food Distribution Research 43 (2012) 1

ethnic greens and herbs due to consumer interest in reducing food miles. To document ethnic consumersâ€™ behavior and their … demographic variables on the purchase of locally grown ethnic greens and herbs because of food miles concerns. Respondents … food miles, and based on this, a logit model was developed to predict the influence of demographic and other factors on …

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Are there trade-offs in valuation with respect to greenhouse gas emissions, origin and food miles attributes?

Akaichi, Faical; Nayga, Rodolfo M.; Nalley, Lawton Lanier - In: European review of agricultural economics : ERAE 44 (2017) 1, pp. 3-31

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Consumers' attitude towards farmers' markets: an explorative analysis in Tuscany

Cavicchi, Alessio; Rocchi, Benedetto; Baldeschi, Matteo - Dipartimento di Studi Sullo Sviluppo Economico (DISSE), … - 2011

Farmers Markets (FMs) around the world are often considered as one key response to the less sustainable conventional food production systems. Despite the economic crisis, international studies show that the most important factor leading people to buy fresh products in these points of sale is the...

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Carbon footprint in green public procurement : policy evaluation from a case study in the food sector

Cerutti, Alessandro K.; Contu, Simone; Ardente, Fulvio; … - In: Food policy : economics planning and politics of food … 58 (2016), pp. 82-93

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The Costs of Increased Localization for a Multiple-Product Food Supply Chain: Dairy in the United States

Nicholson, Charles F.; Gomez, Miguel I.; Gao, Oliver H. - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and … - 2010

There is increased interest in greater localization of food supply chains but little evidence about the effects of localization on supply chain costs. Assessing these effects is complex in multiple-product, multi-process supply chains such as the dairy industry. In this study, we develop a...

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