Understanding Consumer Interest in Organics: Production Values vs. Purchasing Behavior (2008)
Bellows, Anne C., Onyango, Benjamin, Diamond, Adam, Hallman, William K
Extensive research exists on who does or might purchase organic food products, however little research has addressed either who values organic production methods when deciding what to eat, and...
Understanding Consumer Interest in Organics: Production Values vs. Purchasing Behavior (2008)
Bellows, Anne C., Onyango, Benjamin, Diamond, Adam, Hallman, William K
Extensive research exists on who does or might purchase organic food products, however little research has addressed either who values organic production methods when deciding what to eat, and...
Understanding Consumer Interest in Organics: Production Values vs. Purchasing Behavior (2008)
Bellows, Anne C., Onyango, Benjamin, Diamond, Adam, Hallman, William K
Extensive research exists on who does or might purchase organic food products, however little research has addressed either who values organic production methods when deciding what to eat, and...
Understanding Consumer Interest in Organics: Production Values vs. Purchasing Behavior (2008)
Bellows, Anne C., Onyango, Benjamin, Diamond, Adam, Hallman, William K
Extensive research exists on who does or might purchase organic food products, however little research has addressed either who values organic production methods when deciding what to eat, and...
U.S. Consumers’ Willingness to Pay for Food Labeled ‘Genetically Modified’
Benjamin Onyango, Ramu Govindasamy
This study analyzes U.S. consumers’ choice of cornflakes under five different labeling statements. Using a nationwide survey and choice modeling framework, results indicate that consumers value...
Food Recalls and Food Safety Perceptions: The September 2006 Spinach Recall Case
Onyango, Benjamin, Miljkovic, Dragan, Hallman, William, Nganje, William, Condry, Sarah, Cuite, Cara
This paper examines public perceptions on food safety particularly relating to spinach, which was subject of countrywide recall in 2006. Results indicate that food safety perceptions may be driven by...
Public Attitudes And Perceptions Of The Vulnerability Of The U.S Food Chain To Agroterrorism
Onyango, Benjamin, Turvey, Calum, Hallman, William
This study uses results from marginal effects estimates across the foods and points of the food chain to rank the foods and food chain points in order of intensity of likelihood of a terrorist...
Onyango, Benjamin, Govindasamy, Ramu
This study analyzes U.S. consumers' valuation of five types of genetically modified food labels on a cornflakes cereal product. Using a nationwide survey and choice-modeling framework, results...
Impediments to Marketing African Natural products From Ghana: Preliminary Results
Govindasamy, Ramu, Onyango, Benjamin, Puduri, Venkata, Simon, James, Asante-Dartey, Juliana, Arthur, Hanson, ...
For most of the African countries agriculture still remains the mainstay of the economies supplying both food and incomes via marketable surpluses. However, many odds against agriculture such low...
Purchasing Organic Food in U.S. Food Systems: A Study of Attitudes and Practice
Onyango, Benjamin, Hallman, William, Bellows, Anne
Consumers'’ preference for organic foods in the context of food aspects considered important in a consumption decision and socioeconomic variables has been examined in this study. The results...
Onyango, Benjamin, Govindasamy, Ramu
Food biotechnology promises to deliver a wide range of enhanced consumer benefits. This study models consumer'’s willingness to trade-off the potential risks of GM foods with the possibility of...
Food Recalls and Food Safety Perceptions: The September 2006 Spinach Recall Case
Onyango, Benjamin, Miljkovic, Dragan, Hallman, William, Nganje, William, Condry, Sarah, Cuite, Cara
This study analyzes public perceptions on food safety using a national survey conducted soon after the nationwide spinach recall (November 2006). We explore relationships between peoples' perceived...
Offsetting Behavior and the Benefits of Food Safety Policies
Nganje, William, Miljkovic, Dragan, Voica, Daniel, Onyango, Benjamin
The net effect of food policies, viewed in terms of reduction of foodborne illness, death and food related diseases from obesity, may sometimes be much smaller than the predicted effect because of...
Govindasamy, Ramu, Kumaraswamy, Anicham, Puduri, Venkata, Onyango, Benjamin
This study analyzed the influence of demographic and behavioral characteristics on the likelihood of a consumer to read food advertisements in grocery brochures and the likelihood of a consumer to...
Country of Origin Labeling of Fresh Produce: A Consumer Preference Analysis
Puduri, Venkata, Govindasamy, Ramu, Onyango, Benjamin
This paper investigates the relationships between country of origin labeling (COOL) issues and consumers concern about safety and health towards using of foreign produce. Results show that those who...
An Overview of Marketing of Ghana Natural Products
Govindasamy, Ramu, Onyango, Benjamin, Puduri, Venkata, Simon, James, Juliani, H. Rodolfo, Asante-Dartey, Juliana, ...
The study finds strong correlations between natural products business performance and the impeding factors. The impediments include access to finance and markets, lack of herbal market information...
ECONOMICS, HYSTERESIS AND AGROTERRORISM
Turvey, Calum G., Mafoua, Edouard, Schilling, Brian, Onyango, Benjamin
Environmental Economics and Policy,
PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY AND ACCEPTANCE OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD
Hossain, Ferdaus, Onyango, Benjamin, Adelaja, Adesoji, Schilling, Brian, Hallman, William
Public debate on biotechnology is embroiled in controversy over the risks and benefits associated with this emerging technology. Using data from a national survey, this study analyzes public...
CONSUMER ACCEPTANCE OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS: ROLE OF PRODUCT BENEFITS AND PERCEIVED RISKS
This study examines consumer willingness to consume genetically modified food products with clearly stated benefits and risks. Results suggest that male; white, Southerners, and those with some...
Onyango, Benjamin, Govindasamy, Ramu
Food biotechnology promises to deliver a wide range of enhanced consumer benefits. This study models consumer'’s willingness to trade-off the potential risks of GM foods with the possibility of...
PUBLIC APPROVAL OF PLANT AND ANIMAL BIOTECHNOLOGY IN KOREA: AN ORDERED PROBIT ANALYSIS
Hallman, William, Onyango, Benjamin, Govindasamy, Ramu, Jang, Ho-Min, Puduri, Venkata
This study analyzes predictors of Korean public acceptance of the use of biotechnology to create genetically modified food products. Results indicate that the consumers with above average knowledge...
CONSUMER ACCEPTANCE OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS IN KOREA: FACTOR AND CLUSTER ANALYSIS
Onyango, Benjamin, Govindasamy, Ramu, Hallman, William, Jang, Ho-Min, Puduri, Venkata S.
The study applies multivariate statistical and econometric tools to estimate the importance of the various factors driving Korean consumer acceptance of GM food products. The evidence thus far on...
UNCOVERING FACTORS INFLUENCING PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS OF FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY
Hossain, Ferdaus, Onyango, Benjamin, Adelaja, Adesoji, Schilling, Brian, Hallman, William
Significant divergence exists in public opinions about biotechnology. Although there is broad support for plant biotechnology for health benefits, opinions differ on the issue of animal genetics for...
CONSUMER ACCEPTANCE OF FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY: WILLINGNESS TO BUY GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD PRODUCTS
Hossain, Ferdaus, Onyango, Benjamin, Adelaja, Adesoji, Schilling, Brian, Hallman, William
Biotechnology is often viewed as the defining technology for the future of food and agriculture with the potential to deliver a wide range of economic and health benefits. Public acceptance of...
Food Recalls and Food Safety Perceptions: The September 2006 Spinach Recall Case
Onyango, Benjamin, Miljkovic, Dragan, Hallman, William, Nganje, William, Condry, Sarah, Cuite, Cara
This paper examines public perceptions on food safety particularly relating to spinach, which was subject of countrywide recall in 2006. Results indicate that food safety perceptions may be driven by...
Onyango, Benjamin, Govindasamy, Ramu, Hallman, William
Unlike earlier surveys based studies on public attitudes and perceptions of biotechnology, this study investigates the importance of consumers' awareness and knowledge of and interest in...
Onyango, Benjamin, Hossain, Ferdaus, Hallman, William, Schilling, Brian, Adelaja, Adesoji
Consumer/Household Economics,
NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS AND CONSUMER WILLINGNESS TO BUY GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS
Hossain, Ferdaus, Onyango, Benjamin, Adelaja, Adesoji, Schilling, Brian, Hallman, William
This study analyzes U.S. consumersÂ’' acceptance of genetically modified foods within the ordered-probit-model framework. The willingness to consumer three difference GM foods is modeled in terms...
PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY AND ACCEPTANCE OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD
Hossain, Ferdaus, Onyango, Benjamin, Schilling, Brian, Hallman, William
Public debate on biotechnology is embroiled in controversy over the risks and benefits associated with this emerging technology. Using data from a national survey, this study analyzes public...
CONSUMER ACCEPTANCE OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS: THE ROLE OF PRODUCT BENEFITS AND PERCEIVED RISKS
Consumer/Household Economics,
South Korean Public Preferences for Genetically Modified Foods: A Random-Parameter Model
Onyango, Benjamin, Govindasamy, Ramu
Food biotechnology promises to deliver a wide range of enhanced consumer benefits. This study models consumerÂ’'s willingness to trade-off the potential risks of GM foods with the possibility of...
Consumers' Perception of Food-System Vulnerability to an Agroterrorist Attack
Turvey, Calum G., Onyango, Benjamin, Hallman, William, Condry, Sarah C.
This paper uses results from a 2004 survey (N=1,010) on consumer attitudes toward agroterrorism and food-system security to investigate heterogeneous attributes affecting vulnerability including risk...
Food safety risk perceptions as a tool for market segmentation: The USA poultry
Onyango, Benjamin, Rimal, Arbindra, Miljkovic, Dragan, Hallman, Willaim
This study uses data from a 2006 survey on potential AI outbreak in USA to explore application of risk perceptions as a segmentation tool in the poultry meat market. Preliminary results from...
U.S. Consumers' Willingness to Pay for Food Labeled 'Genetically Modified'
Onyango, Benjamin, Govindasamy, Ramu
This study analyzes U.S. consumers' choice of cornflakes under five different labeling statements. Using a nationwide survey and choice modeling framework, results indicate that consumers value...
Understanding Consumer Interest in Organics: Production Values vs. Purchasing Behavior
Anne Bellows, Benjamin Onyango, Adam Diamond, William Hallman
Extensive research exists on who does or might purchase organic food products, however little research has addressed either who values organic production methods when deciding what to eat, and...
Rimal, Arbindra, Onyango, Benjamin, Miljkovic, Dragan, Hallman, William
A clear understanding of consumers’ perception and attitude toward food risk and their behavior to food recall is important in order to develop an effective crisis management program at...
Country of origin labelling of fresh produce: a consumer preference analysis
Venkata Puduri, Ramu Govindasamy, Benjamin Onyango
This article investigates the relationships between country of origin labelling issues and consumers concern about safety and health towards use of foreign produce. A consumer survey showed that...