Valuing environmental attributes of food products in a polluted area: what are the preferences of Guadeloupean consumers?

Valorisation environnementale des biens alimentaires en milieu pollué: quelles préférences des consommateurs Guadeloupéens ?

Pascale Bazoche () and Valérie Angeon ()
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Pascale Bazoche: SMART-LERECO - Structures et Marché Agricoles, Ressources et Territoires - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - INSTITUT AGRO Agrocampus Ouest - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Valérie Angeon: ECODEVELOPPEMENT - Ecodéveloppement - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement

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Abstract: Product qualification and differentiation processes based on environmental attributes are part of the process of food system ecologisation. They provide a better understanding of food consumption behaviour, insofar as they help to promote sustainable production systems. These issues are particularly relevant in the French West Indies, where consumers make little use of objective quality signals such as labels, brands and sustainability claims. To assess consumer sensitivity to the environmental attributes of fruit and vegetables, a real choice experiment was conducted with a sample of Guadeloupean consumers. Assessments produced by a mixed logit model showed that price had a significant discriminating impact on the utility of products for consumers. The results also revealed that consumers expressed a preference for environmental attributes that varied according to the type of product. We observed that sensory perception is influenced by the recognition of quality labels and that local production is not associated with respect for the environment.

Keywords: Experimental economics; Willingness to pay; Environmental quality; Food consumption behaviour; Comportement alimentaire; Qualité environnementale; Consentement à payer; Economie expérimentale (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025-05-20
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Published in Review of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Studies, 2025, 106 (2), pp.167-189. ⟨10.1007/s41130-025-00229-0⟩

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DOI: 10.1007/s41130-025-00229-0

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