Patreau, Valérie Bernard, Sophie Leroux, Justin Bellemare, Marie Morissette, Joliann
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Frontiers in Sustainability
Consumers are looking for solutions to reduce waste at source, especially plastic waste from single-use packaging. Simply recycling packaging will not be enough and reduction at the source must be emphasized as part of a sustainable circular economy. Selling products in bulk using reusable containers is one of the emerging paths of the zero waste m...
Bourdin, Sebastien Chassy, Angélique
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Environmental management
Despite the potential benefits of anaerobic digestion in the context of climate change and the need to move towards energy transition, there is a lot of resistance to biogas projects. Using a contingent valuation method, we test the extent to which the socio-economic characteristics of populations influence the environmental effort that people are ...
Owuor, A.A. Otieno, David Jakinda Okello, J.J. Oluoch-Kosura, W. Dufour, D.
Background Orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) is bio-fortified with vitamin A precursors through breeding and is thus ideal for combating vitamin A deficiency (VAD). One of the potential mechanisms to promote the consumption of OFSP is to enhance its availability through processing into products with a longer shelf life and more desirable to consume...
Aizaki, Hideo Sato, Kazuo Nakatani, Tomoaki
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International Food and Agribusiness Management Review
This study examines how consumers’ hometown orientation affects their preferences for food products. Regarding food products, consumers may prefer products from their hometown over those produced in other domestic areas, among other factors. We consider that due to population migration, a consumers’ current or local place of residence may not neces...
Saha, D. Taron, Avinandan
Conservation of forest ecosystem is fundamental for economic-ecological sustainability. Indian Sundarbans provide several ecosystem services, which needs sustainable exploitation since forest dwellers are heavily dependent on the forest. In our study, we attempt to estimate the option value of the forest dwellers through a non-market based valuatio...
Raffan Gowar, Bea L Farrington, David P Ttofi, Maria M
BACKGROUND: Criminal justice policy decisions are increasingly being influenced by the ratio of the monetary benefits to the monetary costs. While policies based on evidence and analysed via cost-benefit studies are a welcome development, cost-benefit calculations are only as robust as the data upon which they are based. For England and Wales up to...
Chang, Kuo-Yi Jade Angell, Blake Rogers, Kris Jan, Stephen Keay, Lisa
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Disability and rehabilitation
The purpose of this study is to conduct a cost-benefit analysis of orientation and mobility (O&M) programs from three perspectives: the general public, the experienced, and the potential users of O&M programs. Willingness-to-pay (WTP) for O&M programs was collected via a contingent valuation survey using a double-bound dichotomous choice approach. ...
Paudel, Gokul P. Khanal, Aditya Raj Rahut, Dil Bahadur Krupnik, Timothy J. McDonald, Andrew J.
Farmers commonly split large, undulating crop fields, even those at similar elevation range or contour, into a patchwork of small sub-plots in plane areas of Nepal. Specifically, to ensure irrigation or rainwater throughout their cultivated rice or wheat growing areas, structures like bunds, dikes, and ditches are commonly built. These structures n...
Pano Jiménez, Alejandra Jaramillo Villanueva, José Luis Núñez Tovar, Ramón Martínez Domínguez, Marlen Carranza Cerda, Ignacio
Objectives: The goal of this work was to know the preferences of visitors to the chile in nogada fairs in San Andrés Calpan and San Nicolas de los Ranchos municipalities and to estimate the Willingness to Pay (WTP). Methodology: The field work to get the data, was carried out July to September 2021 during the days of the chile in nogada fairs. The ...
Ramírez García, Adán Guillermo Castillo Escalante, Irma Cecilia Duffus Miranda, Dayana Pirela Hernández, Ana Arelis
In the municipality of Alamos, Sonora, Mexico, water is a scarce resource, which is why there is a very special interest in its conservation. The objective of this study was to analyze the perceptions of the inhabitants of seven communities located in the Sierra de Alamos Río Cuchujaqui flora and fauna protection area (APFF), in order to estimate t...
