AGRIS - 

2021

Rejman, K., Warsaw Univ. of Life Sciences

Despite the evidence-based health and environment benefits of sustainable diets and the urgent need to change consumption patterns in well-developed countries into plant-based diet, people are reluctant to limit meat consumption. The aim of the study was to examine the attachment to meat consumption in a group of Polish consumers and whether it depends on an understanding of the concept of sustainable food consumption (SFC). The study was carried out using the Computer Assisted Web Interview method on a sample of 199 consumers, who met two criteria of inclusion: age (20–65 years old) and not excluding meat from the diet. The questionnaire included a tool to measure the attachment to eating meat in 4 dimensions: hedonism, affinity, entitlement, and dependence. The analysis of the results was carried out in the Statistica software. Pearson Chi-squared test and Student’s t-test were performed to investigate the significance of differences between the two variables (p≤0.05). In the surveyed group only 35 % of respondents interpreted the term of sustainable food consumption correctly and among them there were more people with higher education. Interviewees were rather strongly attached to eating meat and this was firstly due to the belief in human right to eat meat, secondly – taste preferences and hedonism, thirdly ‒ dependence on eating meat. The ethical motives (affinity) were rated lowest, but significantly higher by respondents understanding the concept of sustainable diet. Their opinions on all aspects of attachment to eating meat were more pro-environmental than those of respondents who did not understand the idea (although the differences in the opinions were not statistically significant). Our results indicate the need to implement effective educational programs that will show all benefits of a sustainable diet to provide consumers with reliable knowledge and on this basis influence their attitudes and support them in making healthier and more sustainable choices in the food market.

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National Academy of Sciences of Belarus - Belarus

2021

Urbane, B., Baltic International Academy, Riga

The problem of accounting automatic affective and cognitive processes as bases for implicit attitudes towards brands, as well as methods for measuring them, is poorly developed. An analysis of previous research shows that the study of attitudes towards brands in terms of their affective and cognitive components is mainly carried out using self-assessment procedures. The aim of this research is to measure the affective and cognitive bases of implicit and explicit attitudes towards brands of domestic and foreign foods. Participants N = 131, aged 17–57 (Mdn = 31). Measures: specifically designed methodically balanced procedures for measuring implicit and explicit attitudes towards food brands: affective and cognitive implicit associative tests (IAT), Self-Concept IAT; emotional and cognitive explicit procedures and demographic questionnaires. The consistency of the results of implicit and explicit measurements is shown. The results of the measurements of implicit attitudes using three IAT procedures are related too. Using factor analysis, the independence of the constructs of explicit and implicit attitudes towards brands was confirmed, which is interpreted in terms of the theory of double attitudes. The greatest contribution to the implicit attitude, measured by the Self-concept IAT, is made by the cognitive component of attitude, which represents the implicit brand associations of domestic or foreign foods with attributes that characterize the price and quality of the foods. All implicit assessments obtained separately using the affective and cognitive procedures of the IAT, as well as the Self-concept IAT, testified in favour of the preference for foods of domestic brands. However, explicit assessments of the frequency of consumption of the brands under consideration did not reveal preferences for any of them.

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National Academy of Sciences of Belarus - Belarus

2021

Felcis, R., University of Latvia, Riga

The 2nd year students of sociology in Faculty of Social Sciences in University of Latvia conducted a study “Attitudes of the residents of the Gauja National Park region towards organic and conventional agriculture” during the spring of 2020, under the supervision of lecturers Renārs Felcis and Jurijs Ņikišins, where ecological attitude index has been made on organic and conventional farming (including 4 statements regarding statements of state action). The aim of the article is to describe the index of ecological attitudes and to identify the latent themes of ecological attitudes about organic and conventional farming to reveal in more detailed hidden similarities of 10 statements about aspects of organic and conventional farming. A type of factor analysis (principal component analysis (further ‒ PCA)) was performed in addition to the descriptive analysis to achieve the aim. In the final analysis, 3 components were proposed, the first of which reflects the ecological habits of purchase, the second ‒ the ecological habits of growing and the third ‒ the individual variables on the importance of the expiration of products. The applicability of the statement scale in future research is suggested for discussion and conclusions.

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National Academy of Sciences of Belarus - Belarus

2016

Bondarovich,N.A.

Исследованы основные тенденции развитии регионального рынка продовольствии, эффективность которого определяется условиями функционировании организаций перерабатывающей и пищевой промышленности с учетом возможностей и выбранной стратегии развитии. Формирование регионального рынка продовольствия предполагает проведение активной и систематической работы по выявлению перспективных видов деятельности и проектов и их государственной поддержке. При этом государственная поддержка должна быть ориентирована в первую очередь на организации, способные использовать ее с максимальной отдачей. Для динамичного развития рынка продовольствия необходимо осуществить ряд мероприятий: повышение технологического уровня производства, внедрение ресурсосберегающих и экологически чистых технологий, переход на международные стандарты, повышение эффективности маркетинговой работы и инновационного менеджмента, рациональное импортозамещение сырьевых ресурсов, снижение себестоимости продукции, использование различных механизмов продвижения продукции на новые рынки сбыта, рост и диверсификации экспорта. | In a course of the research there were studied basic tendencies of development of the regional food market, the effectiveness of which is determined by the terms of functioning of processing and food industry organizations, taking into account possibilities and selected strategy of development. Formation of a regional food market involves an active and systematic work to identify promising activities and projects and their government support. At the same time, state support should be focused primarily on organizations that can use it with maximum efficiency. For the dynamic development of the food market, it is necessary to implement a number of measures: raising the technological level of production, introducing resource-saving and environmentally friendly technologies, moving to international standards, increasing the efficiency of marketing work and innovative management, rational import substitution of raw materials, decreasing production costs, new markets, growth and diversification of exports.

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National Academy of Sciences of Belarus - Belarus

2016

Moskva,V.V. | Litvjak,V.V. | Bendoraitiene,J. | Lekniute-Kyzike,E.

Starch appears one of the most important products of food industry determining formation of the structure and consumer characteristics of many foodstuffs. It is widely used in food industry as viscosity increasing agent, structure-forming agent, emulsifier, stabilizer and water- and fat-retaining agent. Besides, starch is widely used for technical purposes. The main goal of the research appears development of the technology of producing of modified starch of cold swelling with controlled properties allowing to obtain swelling starch with desired properties (solubility, swelling properties, viscosity) through controlling the degree of polymers destruction what makes it possible to expand the spheres and methods of starch use. Scanning electronic microphotographs of different types of starch (potato, maize and tapioca starch) have been presented. Diffraction patterns of native and extrusion starches of different origin have been shown. The curves of molecular weight distribution of extrusion starches have been displayed. Dependence between technological properties and average molecular mass of extrusion starch polymers has been analyzed. Improved technological scheme of the producing of swelling starch with the help of extrusion method has been presented. | Разработана технология получения модифицированных крахмалов холодного набухания с регулируемыми свойствами, позволяющая получать, путем управления степенью деструкции крахмальных полимеров, набухающие крахмалы с заранее заданными свойствами (растворимостью, набухаемостью, вязкостью), что дает возможность расширить сферы и способы их применения.

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National Academy of Sciences of Belarus - Belarus

2016

Lagodich,L.V.

желатина пищевого | соли пищевой. В условиях олигополии функционируют оптовые рынки сахара | дрожжей прессованных хлебопекарных | В статье дана оценка конкурентной среды продовольственного рынка Республики Беларусь. В условиях монополии функционируют следующие оптовые рынки: консервов мясных и молочных смесей для детского питания | s food, citric acid, pressed baking yeast, food gelatin, and food salt. At the oligopoly, wholesale markets of sugar, croups, dairy canned food, bananas, and citrus fruits are functioned.The processes of concentration and creation of holdings, the direction of antitrust policy, as well as evaluated the methods and tools of state regulation of the national food market. Limiting maximal prices are established for such types of plant growing production of the new crop, bought for the state needs, as grain (for food and forage), oilseed rapeseed (for food and technical purposes), sugar beet: conditioned and substandard. To socially important food products, the prices for which are regulated, relate fresh potatoes, beetroots, carrots (except for calibrated, washed and prepacked), white cabbage, and onion. Stocks of food resources are carried out in the form of stabilization funds of food products for the off-season period (potatoes, white cabbage, carrot, beetroot, onion) and stabilization food funds for the purpose of carrying out of purchasing and commodity interventions. Since 2013, state regulation of the export prices for separate types of products, including food, has been cancelled. In 2015, tariff quotas for import of pork and poultry meat into the territory of the Republic of Belarus were introduced. | круп | молочных консервов | The article assesses the competitive environment of the Republic of Belarus of the food market. At the monopoly following wholesale markets function: canned meat and dairy mixes for children&#039 | лимонной кислоты | цитрусовых.Проанализированы процессы концентрации и образования холдингов, направления проведения антимонопольной политики, а также оценены методы и инструменты государственного регулирования национального продовольственного рынка. Предельные максимальные цены устанавливаются на такие виды продукции растениеводства нового урожая, закупаемые для государственных нужд, как зерновые (для пищевых целей и на фураж), маслосемена рапса (для пищевых и технических целей), свеклу сахарную: кондиционную и некондиционную. К социально значимым продовольственным товарам, цены на которые регулируются, относятся свежие картофель, свекла столовая, морковь столовая (за исключением откалиброванных, мытых и расфасованных), капуста белокочанная, лук репчатый. Запасы продовольственных ресурсов осуществляются в виде стабилизационных фондов продовольственных товаров на межсезонный период (картофель, капусту белокочанную, морковь столовую, свеклу столовую, лук репчатый) и стабилизационных фондов продовольствия с целью проведения закупочных и товарных интервенций. С 2013 г. отменено государственное регулирование экспортных цен на отдельные виды продукции, в т. ч. продовольствие. В 2015 г. введены тарифные квоты на ввоз на территорию Республики Беларусь свинины и мяса птицы. | бананов

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National Academy of Sciences of Belarus - Belarus

2016

Bajgot,L.N. | Akhramovich,V.S.

In the conditions of globalization and development of international relations increment of export potential plays a great role. Export of agricultural production and foodstuffs in the Republic of Belarus represents an important direction of economic development of the country. The article researches the principles of the development of the world trade in agricultural products and food and their influence on the foreign trade of Belarus. The trends in Belarusian export of agricultural products are analyzed and the existing problems of promotion of domestic products to foreign markets are identified. The part of agricultural production export in total industrial volumes of gross domestic product is analyzed. Structure of export of the main categories of raw materials and foodstuffs, average per 2012-2014 is evaluated. Payback of state support for producing of agricultural production exported on outside markets is calculated. The prospects of the development of Belarusian export in respect of the balance between the domestic food market and participation in the regional and international integration as well as the directions of its geographic and product diversification are determined. | Исследованы закономерности развития мировой торговли сельскохозяйственной продукцией и продовольствием и их влияние на внешнюю торговлю Беларуси. Проанализированы тенденции экспорта Беларуси аграрной продукцией, выявлены существующие проблемы продвижения отечественной продукции на зарубежные рынки. Определены перспективы развития экспорта Беларуси в контексте сбалансированности внутреннего продовольственного рынка и участия в региональной и международной интеграции, а также направления географической и товарной его диверсификации.

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National Academy of Sciences of Belarus - Belarus

2016

Panteleeva,I.I.

Исследованы основные показатели деятельности организации пищевой и перерабатывающей промышленности как на внутреннем, так и внешних рынках, рассмотрена динамика экспорта и импорта по основным видам пищевой продукции. Предложены основные мероприятия по повышению эффективности функционирования организаций пищевой промышленности в условиях инновационного развития. На данном этапе перерабатывающая и пищевая промышленность Республики Беларусь характеризуется положительной динамикой развития. Основными приоритетами развития перерабатывающей и пищевой промышленности являются: создание современных технологий глубокой промышленной переработки сельскохозяйственного сырья, развитие действующих и создание новых сырьевых зон, необходимых для стабильного обеспечения предприятий сырьевыми ресурсами. На перспективу ставится задача продолжения процесса интеграции в АПК, в котором опережающий рост получат сферы переработки, хранения, транспортировки и доведения сельскохозяйственной продукции до потребителя, а также высококачественная пищевая промышленность. | In a course of the research there was studied the main indicators of activity of organizations of food and processing industry, both at domestic and foreign markets, the dynamics of exports and imports according to the main types of food products. The research was realized in the conditions of the Republic of Belarus. As a result of realized research there were suggested the basic measures to improve the efficiency of functioning of food industry organizations in conditions of innovative development. At this stage, the processing and food industries of the Republic of Belarus are characterized by positive development dynamics. The main priorities for the development of the processing and food industries are: the creation of modern technologies for deep industrial processing of agricultural raw materials, the development of existing and the creation of new commodity zones necessary for the stable provision of raw materials to enterprises. In the future the task is to continue the process of integration in the agro-industrial complex, in which the spheres of processing, storage, transportation and delivery of agricultural products to the consumer, as well as high-quality food industry, will outrun growth.

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National Academy of Sciences of Belarus - Belarus

2016

Sharshunov,V.A. | Urbanchik,E.N. | Shalyuta,A.E. | Galdova,M.N.

The most popular grain crop among consumers is wheat and products based on wheat, and the most useful and good for health are the oats processed products. Sprouting of grains – is one of innovative ways to improve their biological value. The aim of research – to obtain a new grain product based on mixes of sprouted wheat and hulless oat. The analysis of grain quality and processing products was carried out by conventional methods. Physical and chemical parameters of quality, chemical composition and seed properties of high-quality hulless oat grain and food wheat grain were determined. Correspondence of the raw materials to requirements of TU 700 036 606.104–2013 ‘Cereals grain for sprouting’ was confirmed. Evaluation of vitamins and amino acids levels in the grain raw materials was carried out. The process of wheat and hulless oats mixture sprouting in different ratios was studied. The perfect variants of wheat and hulless oats mixture sprouting are obtained. It was determined that with the increase of hulless oat content in the grain mixture, the total sprouting time decreases due to reduction of time for air-water breaks. Pilot tests for producing oat-wheat mixture of sprouted grains were performed. Its compliance with the requirements for quality and food safety was determined, and also high nutritional advantages were determined: presence of dietary fiber, high level of vitamin and mineral complex and amino acids. The developed technology will allow to widen the assortment of functional purpose food products. | Наиболее популярной зерновой культурой среди потребителей является пшеница и продукты на ее основе, а наиболее полезными являются продукты переработки овса. Проращивание зерновых культур – один из инновационных способов повышения их биологической ценности. Цель работы – получение нового зернового продукта на основе смесей пророщенного зерна пшеницы и овса голозерного. Анализ качества зерна и продуктов его переработки проводили по общепринятым методикам. Изучены физико-химические показатели качества, химический состав и семенные свойства сортового зерна овса голозерного и продовольственного зерна пшеницы. Установлено соответствие сырья требованиям TУ ВY 700036606.104–2013 &#039 | Зерно злаковых культур для проращивания&#039 | . Проведена оценка содержания витаминов и аминокислот в зерновом сырье. Изучен процесс проращивания смеси пшеницы и овса голозерного в различных соотношениях. Получены оптимальные режимы проращивания зерна пшеницы и овса голозерного в смеси. Установлено, что с увеличением содержания в зерновой смеси овса голозерного уменьшается общее время проращивания вследствие уменьшения длительности воздушно-водяных пауз. Проведены опытно-промышленные испытания получения овсяно-пшеничной смеси пророщенного зерна. Установлено ее соответствие требованиям к качеству и безопасности пищевой продукции, также отмечены высокие пищевые достоинства: наличие пищевых волокон, высокое содержание витаминно-минерального комплекса и аминокислот. Разработанная технология позволит расширить ассортимент пищевых продуктов функционального назначения.

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National Academy of Sciences of Belarus - Belarus

2015

Suboch,F.I. | Poznyak,S.M.

В статье исследованы условия и ключевые факторы трансформации кластерного институционального пространства в продовольственной системе Евразийского экономического союза (ЕАЭС) в аспекте усиления национальной продовольственной конкурентоспособности, которые должны быть ранжированы с учетом приоритетности специфики ЕАЭС в системе координат: национальные продуктовые структуры — инновационно-кластерная продовольственная система ЕАЭС — инвестиционное, инновационное, интеграционное пространство национальной продовольственной конкурентоспособности. | In a course of the research there were studied the conditions and key factors in the transformation of the institutional space of the cluster in the food system of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) in the aspect of strengthening the national food competitiveness, which should be ranked based on the priority of the EEU specificity in the coordinate system: national food structure - innovation and cluster of food EEU system - investment, innovation, integration space of national food competitiveness. As a result of realized research there was revealed that the content of the cluster institutional space of EEU in the food system treated as a stable, capable of self-organization, which has a collection of contract relations agents which constitute the institutional path. The sustainable development of the cluster institutional space of EEU food system, which involves the transfer of from fluctuations ideas in the field of concentration of transactions (point of growth) to clusters (priority development area) as an aggregate of basic, systematic, developing innovation (cluster formation, Technopark, a special economic zone), which implies diffusion from the center to the periphery of the cluster of innovations under the influence of measures of institutional design).

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