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Analysis of consumers' perception on the safety and quality of food from rural convergence industry

  • Hong, Seungjee (Department of Agricultural Economics, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Lee, Kumho (Department of Agricultural Economics, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Kim, Sounghun (Department of Agricultural Economics, Chungnam National University)
  • Received : 2019.12.11
  • Accepted : 2020.02.03
  • Published : 2020.03.01

Abstract

The Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs is currently pushing forward policies targeting the Rural Convergence Industry initiative to incubate the front-runners of the '6th industry', to increase off-farm income, to create rural jobs for elderly, and to create women-based farms. As a result, in 2017, a total of 11,604 Rural Convergence Industries were in business, and the goods produced from those industries were diverse. However, the quality and safety of those products are not being checked and managed thoroughly, which has caused consumers to not trust products made from the Rural Convergence Industries. Through a survey and the ordering logit model, this study analyzed consumer perception of the safety and quality of goods from the Rural Convergence Industries. The analysis revealed that we must first raise awareness of the importance of rural agriculture areas and the products of the Rural Convergence Industries to uplift consumer perceptions regarding the products produced by the industries. The analysis also revealed that diverse points of distribution (sellers), education on the importance of rural and urban areas, and marketing Rural Convergence Industry products within suburban consumer populations are necessary to increase the consumption of these products.

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