Chilean public attitudes towards beef production systems.
Much is discussed about the characteristics, efficiency, and externalities of indoor housing and pasture-based beef production systems, but little is known about how these features influence public attitudes towards beef production. This study aimed to explore Chilean citizens' attitudes toward...
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| author | Valentina Mansky de la Fuente Daniel Enriquez-Hidalgo Dayane Lemos Teixeira Rafael Larrain Maria Jose Hötzel |
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| description | Much is discussed about the characteristics, efficiency, and externalities of indoor housing and pasture-based beef production systems, but little is known about how these features influence public attitudes towards beef production. This study aimed to explore Chilean citizens' attitudes towards beef production systems and their underlying reasons. Citizens (n = 1,084) were recruited to participate in a survey and given information about one beef production system: indoor housing, continuous grazing or regenerative grazing. Participants had more favourable attitudes (from 1 = most negative attitudes to 5 = most positive attitudes) towards pasture-based systems (regenerative grazing = 2.94; continuous grazing = 2.83) than towards indoor housing (1.94), mainly due to concerns with animal welfare and environmental impacts. Productivity was not as important as the other sustainability aspects for participants as they were not willing to do that trade-off. Support for beef production may benefit if production systems adopt characteristics that are perceived by the public as positive for the environment and animal welfare. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-76d5d27d486c49f8a375072f9bd2db442025-08-20T03:25:20ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032023-01-01184e028408010.1371/journal.pone.0284080Chilean public attitudes towards beef production systems.Valentina Mansky de la FuenteDaniel Enriquez-HidalgoDayane Lemos TeixeiraRafael LarrainMaria Jose HötzelMuch is discussed about the characteristics, efficiency, and externalities of indoor housing and pasture-based beef production systems, but little is known about how these features influence public attitudes towards beef production. This study aimed to explore Chilean citizens' attitudes towards beef production systems and their underlying reasons. Citizens (n = 1,084) were recruited to participate in a survey and given information about one beef production system: indoor housing, continuous grazing or regenerative grazing. Participants had more favourable attitudes (from 1 = most negative attitudes to 5 = most positive attitudes) towards pasture-based systems (regenerative grazing = 2.94; continuous grazing = 2.83) than towards indoor housing (1.94), mainly due to concerns with animal welfare and environmental impacts. Productivity was not as important as the other sustainability aspects for participants as they were not willing to do that trade-off. Support for beef production may benefit if production systems adopt characteristics that are perceived by the public as positive for the environment and animal welfare.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0284080&type=printable |
| spellingShingle | Valentina Mansky de la Fuente Daniel Enriquez-Hidalgo Dayane Lemos Teixeira Rafael Larrain Maria Jose Hötzel Chilean public attitudes towards beef production systems. PLoS ONE |
| title | Chilean public attitudes towards beef production systems. |
| title_full | Chilean public attitudes towards beef production systems. |
| title_fullStr | Chilean public attitudes towards beef production systems. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Chilean public attitudes towards beef production systems. |
| title_short | Chilean public attitudes towards beef production systems. |
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| url | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0284080&type=printable |
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