scholarly journals Optimal labelling schemes for adjacency, comparability, and reachability

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marthe Bonamy ◽  
Louis Esperet ◽  
Carla Groenland ◽  
Alex Scott
Keyword(s):  
Labelling Schemes

Effectiveness of interpretive front-of-pack nutritional labelling schemes on the promotion of healthier food choices

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-37
Author(s):  
Rodrigo Feteira-Santos ◽  
João Fernandes ◽  
Ana Virgolino ◽  
Violeta Alarcão ◽  
Catarina Sena ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Choices ◽  
Labelling Schemes

scholarly journals Is an Animal Welfare Label Enough? Role of Farm Animal Welfare Voluntary Labelling Schemes in the Development of Sustainable Livestock Production

Proceedings ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 8
Author(s):  
Justyna Zwolińska ◽  
Sylwia Żakowska-Biemans
Keyword(s):  
Animal Welfare ◽  
Food Quality ◽  
Livestock Production ◽  
Animal Production ◽  
Farm Animal ◽  
Farm Animals ◽  
Health Food ◽  
Farm Animal Welfare ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Labelling Schemes

Intensive livestock production devoid of elementary foundations for the welfare of farm animals is nowadays identified as one of the main factors contributing to the growing environmental and social threats. Public opinion associates the welfare of farm animals with values relating to health, food quality, ethical approach to animals and protection of the environment and climate. Accordingly, the social conceptualization of farm animal welfare plays an important role in guiding EU policy and developing animal welfare law. It also becomes a prerequisite for solving social and environmental problems resulting from intensive animal production. Farm animal welfare is an intangible and credence attribute of food and as such requires a means of informing consumers about it. The most preferred form of communication about the welfare level of farm animals among consumers are farm animal welfare labels. Both consumer preferences and their expectations of how farm animal welfare is communicated are reflected in the development of public and private food labelling systems in the European Union. Therefore, the main aim of the study was to analyse the selected farm animal welfare voluntary labelling schemes in terms of their potential for the development of sustainable animal production in the EU. The result of the study shows the differences and similarities in this respect between public and private systems, in relation to four criteria—values associated by consumers with the welfare of farm animals—health, food quality, ethics and environmental protection. We provide an overview of these systems and their role in increasing farm animal welfare standards. We conclude that it is particularly important to verify if the shift from production-related concern to social and consumer-related concern can constitute a sufficient and effective form for a systemic change transforming current animal production into production based on higher livestock welfare standards.

Assessing the potential of labelling schemes for in situ landrace conservation: an example from India

2010 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
VIJESH V. KRISHNA ◽  
UNAI PASCUAL ◽  
DAVID ZILBERMAN
Keyword(s):  
Opportunity Cost ◽  
South India ◽  
Conservation Strategy ◽  
Price Premium ◽  
Empirical Examination ◽  
Wide Margin ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
Agrobiodiversity Conservation ◽  
Labelling Schemes

ABSTRACTThis paper addresses the potential of in situ crop landrace conservation, employing market-based instruments, which pre-requires that (1) consumers hold positive use-value for the landrace attribute and (2) their willingness to pay covers both the transaction cost of implementing these instruments and the opportunity cost of landrace cultivation. The empirical examination is based on two closely related analyses of eggplant production and consumption sectors of India. At present, the vegetable markets of south India provide the landrace cultivators with a price premium adequate enough to cover the opportunity cost of not opting for high-yielding modern varieties. However, we detect an underutilized consumer demand for landrace products. The wide margin that exists between the price premium farmers currently obtain for the landrace attribute and what consumers are willing to pay for it is indicative of the unexploited potential of labelling and certification schemes as an emerging agrobiodiversity conservation strategy.

scholarly journals Quantum of Embodied Energy for Residential Buildings

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 206-210
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Embodied Energy ◽  
Rating Systems ◽  
Significant Aspect ◽  
Construction Methods ◽  
Ecological Features ◽  
Product Delivery ◽  
Labelling Schemes

Embodied energy(E.E) is the total amount of energy that is required in the production of a material which include all the processes, from the mining and processing of natural resources to manufacturing, transport and product delivery and this helps in choice of materials and construction methods, to maximize the energy efficiency of a building during its operation. The E.E. in products and energy conservancy are the ecological features included in eco-labelling schemes. Embodied energy in materials is a significant aspect in GB rating systems. This paper discusses the influence of different construction units on the E.E. of the structure.

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