Van Winsen, Frankwin (author), Wauters, Erwin (author), Lauwers, Ludwig (author), De Mey, Yann (author), Van Passel, Steven (author), and Vancauteren, Marc (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2011-08
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 186 Document Number: D00651
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Paper presented at the European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE) 2011 Congress, Zurich, Switzerland, August 30-September 2, 2011. Via AgEcon Search. 10 pages.
9 pages., via online journal., European consumers are faced with a myriad of food related risk and benefit information and it is regularly left up to the consumer to interpret these, often conflicting, pieces of information as a coherent message. This conflict is especially apparent in times of food crises and can have major public health implications. Scientific results and risk assessments cannot always be easily communicated into simple guidelines and advice that non-scientists like the public or the media can easily understand especially when there is conflicting, uncertain or complex information about a particular food or aspects thereof. The need for improved strategies and tools for communication about food risks and benefits is therefore paramount. The FoodRisC project ("Food Risk Communication - Perceptions and communication of food risks/benefits across Europe: development of effective communication strategies") aims to address this issue. The FoodRisC project will examine consumer perceptions and investigate how people acquire and use information in food domains in order to develop targeted strategies for food communication across Europe.
Online via UI Library electronic subscription., Authors used data from Eurobarometer surveys to examine factors that condition citizens' attitudes toward genetically modified foods in 15 European Union member states. Strongest findings confirmed the importance of public understanding of science as a basis for support for this emerging technology.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D00011
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Pages 67-85 in Leon Ginsberg (ed.), Social work in rural communities. Fifth edition. Council on Social Work Education, Alexandria, Virginia. 422 pages.
Fritz, Melanie (author), Schiefer, Gerhard (author), and Lehmann, Richard J. (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2011-02
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 185 Document Number: D00488
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Paper presented at the International European Forum on System Dynamics and Innovation in Food Networks, 2011 International European Forum, Innsbruck-Igls, Austria, February 14-18, 2011. 17 pages.
Verbeke, Wim (author), Bech-Larsen, Tino (author), Perez-Cueto, Federico J.A. (author), Aschemann-Witzel, Jessica (author), and Niedzwiedzka, Barbara (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2011-08
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 183 Document Number: D00073
Notes:
Paper prepared for presentation at the European Association of Agricultural Economists 2011 Congress, Zurich, Switzerland, August 30-September 2, 2011. Via AgEcon Search. 10 pages.
International: Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford, and Department of Politics and International Studies, Cambridge University, UK.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 182 Document Number: C37061
