Publication: An Environmental Perspective On The Organic Food Market In Turkey
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Date
2020
Authors
Hamzaoğlu, Nazife Merve
Öztürk Göktuna, Bilge
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Alternative systems to the conventional agricultural system have been sought to solve
problems such as environmental pollution, reduction and degradation of domestic seed species, soil
erosion, reduction of animal welfare. Organic agriculture and food market constitute one of the most
important alternative systems to conventional agriculture. The purpose of our study is to look into the
demand for organic food in Turkey from an environmental perspective in order to understand whether
organic consumption is driven by environmental friendliness and consciousness. Socio-demographic
factors, attitudes and habits and contextual factors regarding environment and food consumption are
analyzed together with organic food consumption patterns in order to search for the relationship of
environmental consciousness on the demand side. A consumer questionnaire including questions
about attitudes and habits and contextual factors regarding environment and food consumption has
been designed and conducted to 251 organic food consumers living in Istanbul. Our results show that
frequent organic food consumers may properly differ organic food products from other products such
as GMO containing and ionized food products, strongly believe that there is a difference between
organic products that are produced in Turkey and abroad in terms of quality. They are anxious about
the environmental degradation and concerned about scarcity of resources, but they do not have
adequate knowledge on environmental issues and sustainability.
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Organic food, Green demand, Information, Environmental awareness, Sustainability, Responsibility, Environmental concern