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Attitudes and Beliefs of Eastern European Consumers Towards Animal Welfare
Abstract
The aim of this exploratory work, because of the existing bias on the size of the sample and some of the sociodemographic characteristics of the participants, was to investigate the Eastern European consumers’ beliefs and attitudes toward animal welfare, to perform a cross-country segmentation analysis and to observe possible differences with their Western European counterparts. For this purpose, a survey was conducted with 5508 consumers from 13 Eastern European countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, North Macedonia, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Ukraine) using a questionnaire with nine statements about consumers beliefs regarding animal welfare (aspects of management, ethical issues about animals, and consequences of animal welfare on meat quality and price), one statement about the willingness to pay more for meat produced under better welfare conditions, and four statements regarding attitudes toward animal welfare. Differences between countries were detected for all the statements. Moreover, three clusters of consumers were identified: one with consumers indifferent towards animal welfare; one with consumers concerned about animal welfare, but they believe it is difficult to achieve; and one with consumers concerned about animal welfare, and they believe it is possible to achieve it.
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- Tomasevic, I., Bahelka, I., Čítek, J., Čandek-Potokar, M., Djekić, I., Getya, A., Guerrero, L., Ivanova, S., Kušec, G., Nakov, D., Sołowiej, B., Stoica, M., Szabó, C., Tudoreanu, L., Weiler, U., & Font-i-Furnols, M.
- Affiliations
- Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade, Nemanjina 6, 11080 Belgrade, Serbia
- Czech University of Life Sciences, Kamýcká 129, 165 21 Prague, Czech Republic
- Research Institute for Animal Production, Hlohovecka 2, 951 41 Luzianky, Slovakia
- Agricultural Institute of Slovenia, Hacquetova ul. 17, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Heroiv Oborony str., 12, 03041 Kyiv, Ukraine
- IRTA-Food Industries, Granja Camps i Armet, E-17121 Monells, Spain
- Agricultural Academy, 30 Suhodolska str., 1373 Sofia, Bulgaria
- Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Vladimira Preloga 1, 31 000 Osijek, Croatia
- Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food, University Ss.Cyril and Methodius in Skopje, blvd. Aleksandar Makedonski bb, 1000 Skopje, North Macedonia
- Faculty of Food Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Skromna 8, 20-704 Lublin, Poland
- Cross-Border Faculty, Dunarea de Jos University, 47 Domneasca str., 800008 Galati, Romania
- Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Environmental Management, University of Debrecen, Boszormenyi ut 138., 4032 Debrecen, Hungary
- University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Bd Marasti 59, 011464 Bucuresti, Romania
- Universitaet Hohenheim, 460 f Garben str. 17/208, 70593 Stuttgart, Germany
- ORCID
- Venue
- Animals
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Published
- 2020-07-17
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 1220
- ISSN
- 2076-2615
- PMC
- PMC7401545
- Cited by
- 35
- References
- 0
- Language
- en
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