Household food waste behavior: Avenues for future research
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Drawing from previous studies, this review proposes a research agenda in regard to household food waste, a neglected topic within the field of consumer behavior. This phenomenon has remarkable social and environmental relevance when one considers that it occurs at the end of the food chain, and thus, wastage at this stage implies losses of resources required for food production. This study aims to provide a framework and solutions for conducting future research in this area. Academic opportunities identified suggest that further theorizing is needed related to consumer food waste, in addition to studies aimed at testing the impact of communication initiatives on behavioral change and at providing a standardized methodology to measure consumer food waste.
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Alternative food provisioning schemes, such as community-supported agriculture (CSA), might produce even more food waste because consumers are provided with large amounts of greens and vegetables that they may not like or not know how to prepare.
“Alternative food provisioning schemes, such as community-supported agriculture (CSA) might produce even more food waste because consumers are provided with large amounts of greens and vegetables that they may not like or not know how to prepare (Porpino, 2016).”
From Food waste matters - A systematic review of household food waste practices and their policy implications (2018) · cites this paper as Porpino, 2016
Two systematic reviews have highlighted the importance of having a better understanding of how food-related behavioral factors contribute to household food waste.
“Recently, two systematic reviews (Block et al., 2016;Porpino, 2016) have highlighted the importance of having a better understanding of how food-related behavioral factors contribute to household food waste.”
From Domestic food practices: A study of food management behaviors and the role of food preparation planning in reducing waste (2018) · cites this paper as Porpino, 2016
Empirical research available on factors affecting domestic food waste continues to be relatively limited.
“Although increasing in the last few years, empirical research available on factors affecting domestic food waste continues to be relatively limited (Porpino, 2016).”
From Domestic food practices: A study of food management behaviors and the role of food preparation planning in reducing waste (2018) · cites this paper as Porpino, 2016
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- Authors
- Porpino, G.
- Affiliations
- Embrapa (BR)
- Corresponding author
- Porpino, Gustavo
- Venue
- Journal of the Association for Consumer Research
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Published
- 2016-01
- Volume
- 1
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 41-51
- ISSN
- 2378-1815 (ISSN-L)
- 2378-1823
- OpenAlex
- W2221895928
- Cited by
- 188
- References
- 36
- Citations by year
- 2026: 9 · 2025: 17 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 16 · 2022: 32 · 2021: 23 · 2020: 23 · 2019: 26 · 2018: 18 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 7
- FWCI
- 24.35
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- Licence
- other-oa
- Locations
- Journal of the Association for Consumer Research (publishedVersion)
- LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- Americanae (AECID Library) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Environmental Education and Sustainability
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Keywords
- household food waste, consumer behavior, food waste measurement, communication initiative, behavior change, research agenda
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