Consumer Perceptions After Long‐term Use of Alternative Irrigation Water
Share Article MILWAUKEE (PRWEB) April 19, 2021 Israel has been using recycled water to irrigate crops on a national scale longer than any other country, yet little is known about how this impacts Israeli consumers’ preferences for their food. Israel is also a world leader in the use of desalinated water for potable use and has been using alternative irrigation water on a nationwide scale for over three decades, but few studies have investigated Israeli consumers perceptions of this strategy. Understanding consumer preferences of different types of alternative water after decades of use in a country with dwindling freshwater supplies can provide insight into how consumer preferences across the world might change or remain the same as water scarcity increases.
Can Digital Savings, Credit, and Insurance Reshape Rural Microfinance?
Share Article MILWAUKEE (PRWEB) March 09, 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the fore a number of ways that society can use digital technologies to go about day-to-day life, including to use banking services without entering physical banks. While the pandemic has accelerated interest in using contactless technologies, even before the pandemic, the last two decades have seen dramatic increases in the use of mobile phones as well as satellite remote sensing, with wide-ranging implications for small scale financial services across the globe. For example, cell phone subscriptions have more than doubled and the number of and satellite launches have expanded over 20 times. What opportunities and dangers have such digital data unlocked?
Examining Food Purchase Behavior and Food Values During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Share Article MILWAUKEE (PRWEB) February 26, 2021 It was a race to the toilet paper, then to the meats, creating sheer chaos in grocery stores. In a new study, researchers surveyed the same consumers at four different points in time during the early months of the pandemic to learn more about their food spending and shopping behaviors.
In the new article “Examining food purchase behavior and food values during the COVID-19 pandemic,” Brenna Ellison from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Brandon McFadden from the University of Delaware, Bradley Rickard from Cornell University and Norbert Wilson from Duke University dive deeper in how consumers’ food purchasing behavior evolved during the first several weeks of the pandemic.
Would You Pay More for Milk that has a Redundant Label?
Share Article MILWAUKEE (PRWEB) February 25, 2021 The dairy industry is especially sensitive to consumer demands and in recent years several processors, in particular yogurt makers, have aimed to increase non-GMO dairy product availability and sales, despite a well-established organic dairy industry. This could create multiple instances in which a redundant labeling strategy may be essential to reducing consumer confusion and holding on to a contentious market share for organic producers and processors. This will be especially compounded as the dairy industry looks to reverse the long-term trend in beverage milk consumption.
Milwaukee WI (PRWEB) February 19, 2021 The public may not view gene editing very differently than genetic modification and have an initial response that is