Institute of Health Sciences, Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities, 2 Konarskiego Street, 08-110 Siedlce, Poland.
Department Tourism and Recreation, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, 15 Akademicka Street, 20-950 Lublin, Poland.
Nutrients. 2021 Dec 2;13(12):4351. doi: 10.3390/nu13124351.
This study aimed to determine the differences in the frequency of, reasons for, and barriers to purchasing organic food among the inhabitants of the Visegrád Group member states. The selection of the countries for the study was dictated by the fact that the countries of Central and Eastern Europe play the role of a niche market in the European organic food market. This research employed the method of a diagnostic survey and the discriminant function. A chi-squared test, ANOVA, and Fisher's Post Hoc LSD test were also used to present differences in individual groups. This research shows that respondents from Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia were guided by similar behaviors regarding the purchase of organic food. However, the attitudes of the respondents slightly differed between countries. In the case of the reasons for choosing organic food, the most important thing was that it is non-genetically modified food, especially for Polish consumers. The following were also mentioned: lack of chemical compounds (Slovaks and Czechs), high health value of such food (Czechs and Slovaks), and excellent taste (Hungarians). The most critical barriers against purchasing are the price (Poles and Hungarians), difficult access (Poles and Hungarians), and the short expiry time of such products (Slovaks).
本研究旨在确定维谢格拉德集团成员国居民在购买有机食品的频率、原因和障碍方面的差异。选择这些国家进行研究是因为中东欧国家在欧洲有机食品市场中扮演着利基市场的角色。本研究采用了诊断调查和判别函数的方法。卡方检验、方差分析和 Fisher 的事后 LSD 检验也用于显示各个组之间的差异。本研究表明，来自波兰、捷克共和国、匈牙利和斯洛伐克的受访者在购买有机食品方面的行为相似。然而，受访者的态度在国家之间略有不同。在选择有机食品的原因方面，最重要的是它是非转基因食品，尤其是对波兰消费者而言。以下几点也被提及：没有化学物质（斯洛伐克人和捷克人）、此类食品具有很高的健康价值（捷克人和斯洛伐克人）以及极好的口感（匈牙利人）。购买的最大障碍是价格（波兰人和匈牙利人）、难以获得（波兰人和匈牙利人）以及此类产品的保质期短（斯洛伐克人）。
