‘If labels for GM food were present, would consumers trust them?’: Insights from a consumer survey in Uganda
Food labelling is costly. Food labelling is often demanded with the introduction of new food products such as genetically modified (GM) food. If consumers do not have trust in the label, scarce resources are wasted. This paper investigates factors affecting the trust in food labels among Ugandan con...
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2014
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| author | Kikulwe, Enoch M. Falck-Zepeda, José B. Wesseler, Justus |
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| description | Food labelling is costly. Food labelling is often demanded with the introduction of new food products such as genetically modified (GM) food. If consumers do not have trust in the label, scarce resources are wasted. This paper investigates factors affecting the trust in food labels among Ugandan consumers. The results suggest that older, less-educated individuals of smaller household sizes and with trust in government institutions have more trust in food labels. Other factors were also found to be important. The government has to consider those differences in consumer trust when designing a GM labelling policy. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1493602025-03-17T20:08:52Z ‘If labels for GM food were present, would consumers trust them?’: Insights from a consumer survey in Uganda Kikulwe, Enoch M. Falck-Zepeda, José B. Wesseler, Justus food labelling food standards genetically modified foods genetically modified organisms consumers labelling Food labelling is costly. Food labelling is often demanded with the introduction of new food products such as genetically modified (GM) food. If consumers do not have trust in the label, scarce resources are wasted. This paper investigates factors affecting the trust in food labels among Ugandan consumers. The results suggest that older, less-educated individuals of smaller household sizes and with trust in government institutions have more trust in food labels. Other factors were also found to be important. The government has to consider those differences in consumer trust when designing a GM labelling policy. 2014 2024-08-01T02:49:17Z 2024-08-01T02:49:17Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149360 en Limited Access Cambridge University Press Kikulwe, Enoch Mutebi; Falck-Zepeda, José Benjamin; and Wesseler, Justus. 2014. ‘If labels for GM food were present, would consumers trust them?’ Insights from a consumer survey in Uganda. Environment and Development Economics 19(06): 786-805. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1355770x13000636 |
| spellingShingle | food labelling food standards genetically modified foods genetically modified organisms consumers labelling Kikulwe, Enoch M. Falck-Zepeda, José B. Wesseler, Justus ‘If labels for GM food were present, would consumers trust them?’: Insights from a consumer survey in Uganda |
| title | ‘If labels for GM food were present, would consumers trust them?’: Insights from a consumer survey in Uganda |
| title_full | ‘If labels for GM food were present, would consumers trust them?’: Insights from a consumer survey in Uganda |
| title_fullStr | ‘If labels for GM food were present, would consumers trust them?’: Insights from a consumer survey in Uganda |
| title_full_unstemmed | ‘If labels for GM food were present, would consumers trust them?’: Insights from a consumer survey in Uganda |
| title_short | ‘If labels for GM food were present, would consumers trust them?’: Insights from a consumer survey in Uganda |
| title_sort | if labels for gm food were present would consumers trust them insights from a consumer survey in uganda |
| topic | food labelling food standards genetically modified foods genetically modified organisms consumers labelling |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149360 |
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