Satisfaction and Recognition Level of Environment-Friendly Agricultural Products in Cheongju Area.
10.5720/kjcn.2011.16.1.75
- Author:
Na Ra KIM
1
;
Young Sun CHO
;
Seong Ai KIM
Author Information
1. Nutrition Education, Graduate School of Education, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
environment-friendly agricultural products;
satisfaction and recognition;
school food service
- MeSH:
Surveys and Questionnaires;
Family Characteristics;
Food Services;
Humans;
Livestock;
Vegetables
- From:Korean Journal of Community Nutrition
2011;16(1):75-85
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to investigate basic data on the degree of parents' recognition and satisfaction with the use of environment-friendly agricultural products. The conclusions of this study are as follows. The survey on the use of environment-friendly products in households showed that 68.7% of the respondents used environment-friendly products at home. The frequency of purchasing organic products by household consumers showed that 25.1% of the respondents bought organic products one to two times per week. The most popular items of the environment-friendly agricultural products used were vegetables, comprising 63.9%. The households with more than 3,000,000 won of monthly income tended to consume more domestic livestock products (p < 0.05). In comparison to general agricultural products, environment-friendly agricultural products users showed higher satisfaction level with a better quality in term of safety, quality, nutrition, taste, appearance, diversity and price. The degree of satisfaction with safety was the highest (3.8 +/- 0.68), and price showed the lowest (2.76 +/- 0.79). The degree of parents' recognition of the governmental support for environment-friendly agricultural products showed that those who were aware of the supporting policy were 44.5%, but 55.5% of them didn't know about the fact that 46.6% of the respondents agreed that environment-friendly agricultural products should be used in more than 50% of the foods used for school food service. The respondents pointed out that vegetables (45%) sprayed with pesticide are the most urgent food item that need to be replaced by environment-friendly farm products.
