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A dinâmica dos canais curtos de comercialização: o caso do Projeto Campagna Amica na Itália

open access: yesSociedade e Estado
Resumo A última década esteve marcada pelo surgimento de uma inovação que a literatura internacional reconheceu como redes agroalimentares alternativas (AFN), regidas por uma lógica que se opõe ao regime operado pela grande distribuição e pelas cadeias ...
Flávio Sacco dos Anjos   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Social relations and challenges to consuming less in a mass consumption society

open access: yesSociologisk Forskning, 2022
Increasing numbers of people in welfare societies express worries about their ecological footprint. Some make efforts to significantly reduce their consumption.
Magnus Boström
doaj   +1 more source

Partner’s and own education: does who you live with matter for self-assessed health, smoking and excessive alcohol consumption? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
This study analyses the importance of partner status and partner’s education, adjusted for own education, on selfassessed health, smoking and excessive alcohol consumption.
Graaf, Nan Dirk De   +3 more
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Designing Cost‐Effective Carbon Payments to Induce Cellulosic Feedstock Production for Sustainable Aviation Fuel

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Perennial bioenergy crops, such as miscanthus and switchgrass, and crop residues have the potential to scale up sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production and mitigate carbon emissions. However, high establishment costs, delayed returns, and risk–return profiles that diverge from those of conventional crops can hinder incentives to adopt ...
Fahd Majeed, Madhu Khanna, Ruiqing Miao
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding halal food production and consumption in 'the West'. Beyond dominant narratives

open access: yesCambio, 2020
In recent decades, the visibility of halal food has become a highly emotive and controversial social practice, with halal meat in particular being seen as an indicator of the growing presence of Islam and what are seen to be ‘barbaric’ Muslim food ...
John Lever
doaj   +1 more source

Girls and the Media: Girlhood Studies Agenda and Prospects in Italy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Within the Italian context, girlhood studies can hardly be considered a specific field: adolescence and gender construction in Italy have historically been investigated by sociology and psychology, although, in recent years, media studies have also ...
Romana Ando'
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How Does Cultural and Colonial Heritage Affect Optimal Branding Strategies? Evidence From the Rice Sector in Senegal

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Africa's cultural and colonial heritage has profoundly segmented rice markets. Whereas in ancient centers of rice domestication, consumers maintained preferences for local rice consistent with their cultural heritage, preferences have shifted toward imported Asian rice in coastal areas around seaports, due to prior exposure to colonial import ...
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
wiley   +1 more source

Bases sociais das emoções do consumidor: uma abordagem complementar sobre emoções e consumo

open access: yesCadernos EBAPE.BR
O estudo das emoções no comportamento de compra e consumo dos indivíduos ganhou relevância nas últimas duas décadas, nndusive, no Brasil. A maior parte dos estudos, no entanto, parece oferecer uma única perspectiva para o estudo do fenômeno: aquela ...
João Felipe Rammelt Sauerbronn   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Getting beyond the surface : using geometric data analysis in cultural sociology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Geometric Data Analysis (GDA) refers to a group of statistical techniques that disclose underlying patterns in categorized data. GDA represents categories of variables and individuals as points in a multi-dimensional Euclidean space.
Roose, Henk
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Effects of Environmental and Health Information on Willingness to Pay for Local and Organic Foods in Taiwan

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using a lab‐in‐the‐field experiment, we investigate how providing information about food miles and pesticide residue influences willingness to pay (WTP) for potatoes among 407 shoppers in Taiwan, split between a supermarket and a farmers market.
Chiu‐Lin Huang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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