Consumer opinion and behavior research plays an important role in the development of the market of specific products. Currently, research in the field of consumer behavior towards organic food, which is gaining popularity on the Polish market whose production is in line with the concept of...

There are complex GM-food-IP links. This article highlights sustainability and socioeconomic impacts, acknowledging that food safety is also a crucial part of food security. GM food plants has so far not contributed adequately to food security. Patent enforcement creates tension and power...

The application of biotechnology and genetics to plant science and agronomy is at the basis of the new breeding techniques, including Genome Editing (GE). A choice experiment was undertaken to investigate Italian consumers’ preferences for bread made with gene-edited wheat. Respondents were...

A global shift toward plant-based diets could significantly mitigate the negative impact of the food system on the environment, health, and animal welfare. While information provision has become a popular tool among policy-makers and social scientists to push consumers towards more sustainable...

The December 2003 discovery of a BSE infected cow in the USA revealed a vulnerability in the safety of the U.S. Food Supply. This study reports on a nationwide risk perception survey conducted in early January 2004. Survey results showed that U.S. consumers for the most part took the discovery...

Viticulture in Romania is a traditional activity, harmoniously developed as a result of the extremely favourable natural conditions that grapevine encounters throughout the country. Viticulture has always taken an important spot in the agricultural economy on a national level as well as...

We examine the effect of information framing on consumers' preferences for In-vitro (or lab grown) meat (IVM). Our choice experiment uses eight choice tasks that vary across five attributes: production method (IVM or conventional), carbon trust label, organic label, animal welfare label, and...