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Exploring attitudes towards healthy and sustainable diets: a Q-methodology study 探索对健康和可持续饮食的态度：一项q -方法学研究

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Cleaner and Responsible Consumption

Pub Date : 2025-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.clrc.2025.100308

Patrícia Norwood , Emily Cleland , Paul McNamee

Background

The UK aims to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by 2050, with food production and consumption being major contributors to GHG emissions. Consequently, the unsustainable nature of current dietary patterns significantly drives environmental degradation and climate change. Understanding consumer perspectives on adopting more sustainable diets and food systems is therefore essential to effectively mitigate these environmental impacts.

Aims

This study explores consumer attitudes and behaviours towards healthy and sustainable diets (HSD) in the UK.

Methods

Q-methodology was employed for the first time to capture the subjective and often diverse viewpoints held by people on the complex and multidimensional topic of HSD. This approach enables a structured exploration of individual perspectives, making it well-suited to understanding the nuanced beliefs and attitudes that shape consumer views on healthy and sustainable eating practices.

Results

43 participants, recruited through social media, sorted statements related to HSD, highlighting seven factors that encapsulate varying perspectives on healthy dietary choices and sustainability. These factors—ranging from strong support for educational interventions to scepticism about sustainability claims—illustrate the complexity of public opinion. Notably, no consensus statements were identified, underscoring the polarization around HSD topics.

Conclusion

This fragmentation suggests that diverse, targeted strategies are essential to effectively promote sustainable eating habits. The findings provide insights for policymakers aiming to design interventions that resonate with specific consumer motivations, emphasizing the need for customized approaches to facilitate shifts towards sustainable diets.

英国的目标是到2050年实现温室气体净零排放（GHG），其中粮食生产和消费是温室气体排放的主要来源。因此，当前饮食模式的不可持续性极大地推动了环境退化和气候变化。因此，了解消费者对采用更可持续饮食和粮食系统的看法对于有效减轻这些环境影响至关重要。目的本研究探讨了英国消费者对健康和可持续饮食（HSD）的态度和行为。方法首次采用sq -方法学来捕捉人们对HSD的复杂和多维主题所持的主观和往往不同的观点。这种方法能够对个人观点进行结构化的探索，使其非常适合于理解影响消费者对健康和可持续饮食习惯看法的细微差别的信念和态度。结果通过社交媒体招募的43名参与者对与HSD相关的陈述进行了分类，突出了七个因素，这些因素概括了对健康饮食选择和可持续性的不同看法。这些因素——从对教育干预的强烈支持到对可持续性主张的怀疑——说明了公众舆论的复杂性。值得注意的是，没有确定共识声明，强调了围绕HSD主题的两极分化。这种碎片化表明，多样化、有针对性的策略对于有效促进可持续饮食习惯至关重要。研究结果为决策者提供了见解，旨在设计与特定消费者动机产生共鸣的干预措施，强调需要定制方法来促进向可持续饮食的转变。

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An explorative study on consumer perceptions of novel innovative construction material: Mycelium-Bound composites 消费者对新型创新建筑材料：菌丝结合复合材料认知的探索性研究

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Cleaner and Responsible Consumption

Pub Date : 2025-08-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.clrc.2025.100317

Jonas Krauss, Klaus Menrad, Thomas Decker

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Do you trust your policymakers? Effects of competence- and integrity-based trust on perceptions of sustainable food policies in Chile and Germany 你信任你的政策制定者吗？以能力和诚信为基础的信任对智利和德国可持续粮食政策看法的影响

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Cleaner and Responsible Consumption

Pub Date : 2025-08-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.clrc.2025.100316

Shirin Betzler , Lena Schmeiduch , Jana Weißenberger , Gonzalo Palomo-Vélez

In the global quest for containment of the climate crisis, government incentives and measures play an important role to promote consumers' preferences for sustainable products. For policies to be effective, achieving public acceptance is particularly relevant. In this context, it is important to understand how different forms of trust in political institutions relate to perceptions of policy acceptance and effectiveness, and how these interact with different types of policies and cultural contexts. Against this backdrop, in an online experiment with a 2x2 design, we manipulated participants' perceptions of competence- and integrity-based trust in an expert commission appointed by the national government to design sustainable food policies in Germany (N = 249) and Chile (N = 203). Effects on the acceptance and perceived effectiveness of market-based (introduction of a new tax) and information-based (holistic label) sustainable food policies were measured. Descriptive results suggest that in Germany, information-based policies were believed to be more effective than market-based policies, while in Chile, the reverse was true. Exploratory results of multiple regression analyses further indicate that integrity-based trust compared to competence-based trust was a significant predictor for perceived policy effectiveness in both countries and for policy acceptance in Germany. In contrast, competence-based trust seems to be crucial for policy acceptance in Chile. No clear differential patterns emerged in function of policy type. Overall, the present study yields important points of departure for the design of effective policy making, giving importance to people's support in pursuing a consistent climate change strategy.

在全球寻求遏制气候危机的过程中，政府的奖励和措施在促进消费者对可持续产品的偏好方面发挥了重要作用。要使政策有效，获得公众的接受尤为重要。在此背景下，重要的是要了解对政治机构的不同形式的信任如何与政策接受度和有效性的看法相关，以及这些信任如何与不同类型的政策和文化背景相互作用。在此背景下，在一项2x2设计的在线实验中，我们操纵了参与者对德国（N = 249）和智利（N = 203）国家政府任命的专家委员会的能力和诚信信任的看法。对以市场为基础（引入新税）和以信息为基础（整体标签）的可持续食品政策的接受度和感知有效性的影响进行了测量。描述性结果表明，在德国，人们认为基于信息的政策比基于市场的政策更有效，而在智利，情况正好相反。多元回归分析的探索性结果进一步表明，与基于能力的信任相比，基于诚信的信任是两国感知政策有效性和德国政策接受度的显著预测因子。相比之下，在智利，基于能力的信任似乎对政策的接受至关重要。在政策类型的功能上没有明显的差异模式。总的来说，本研究为有效的政策制定提供了重要的出发点，强调了人们对追求一致的气候变化战略的支持的重要性。

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Plant proteins for human consumption – from local to global opportunities and challenges in a full value chain context 供人类食用的植物蛋白——在全价值链背景下从本地到全球的机遇和挑战

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Cleaner and Responsible Consumption

Pub Date : 2025-08-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.clrc.2025.100319

Eva Johansson , Georg Carlsson , Åsa Grimberg , William R. Newson , Thomas Prade , Sara Spendrup , Sven-Erik Svensson

Environmental concerns together with a growing global population and health benefits call for an increased use of plant proteins in the human diet. This review paper summarizes opportunities and challenges of such an increased use and reveals the way forward for plant proteins for human consumption. The results clearly emphasize the increased consumer interest, especially in certain consumer segments, of the use of plant protein-based food alternatives, the positive environmental impact of the use of such alternatives and the wide array of crops available to be developed into novel protein-rich food choices. Major challenges identified are; i) how to combine different plant sources to receive highly nutritional and tasty food products, ii) how to produce crops with a high and easily extractable protein content, which simultaneously contain low amount of unwanted components such as antinutritional factors, iii) environmental effects of the production of the plant protein to be utilized for the protein-rich food items, and iv) economic feasibility of the plant protein food products. Opportunities exist to develop the processing methods for protein fractionation, although consumer preferences, environmental effects, economic feasibility and impact on protein functionality have to be taken into account in such developments. Plant breeding is summarized as a major way forward to target crops high in easily available protein and low in unwanted components, thereby fitting consumer desires simultaneously as contributing to economic feasibility and reduced environmental impact. Cultivation is the main source of the environmental impact in the plant protein value chain, while protein content, composition and extractability affect consumer preferences and both their economic and environmental impact.

环境问题、全球人口增长和健康益处要求在人类饮食中增加植物蛋白的使用。这篇综述文章总结了这种增加使用的机遇和挑战，并揭示了人类食用植物蛋白的前进方向。研究结果清楚地强调了消费者，特别是某些消费者群体，对使用植物蛋白食品替代品的兴趣日益增加，使用这种替代品对环境的积极影响，以及可开发成富含蛋白质的新型食品选择的各种作物。确定的主要挑战有：1)如何结合不同的植物来源来获得高营养和美味的食品；2)如何生产蛋白质含量高且易于提取的作物，同时含有少量的不需要的成分，如抗营养因子；3)生产用于富含蛋白质食品的植物蛋白的环境影响；4)植物蛋白食品的经济可行性。虽然在这种发展中必须考虑到消费者的喜好、环境影响、经济可行性和对蛋白质功能的影响，但仍有机会发展蛋白质分离的加工方法。植物育种被总结为一种主要的前进道路，目标作物高易得蛋白质和低有害成分，从而满足消费者的需求，同时有助于经济可行性和减少对环境的影响。在植物蛋白价值链中，种植是环境影响的主要来源，而蛋白质含量、组成和可提取性影响消费者偏好及其经济和环境影响。

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The role of governance attention in implementing climate change mitigation: Case study of Shanghai, China 治理关注在实施减缓气候变化中的作用：以中国上海为例

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Cleaner and Responsible Consumption

Pub Date : 2025-08-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.clrc.2025.100315

Yuting Xie , Yunhong Liu , Liang Dong

This paper aims to demonstrate that the government's focus has a significant influence on the effectiveness of implementing climate change mitigation policies. This paper analyzes two mitigation actions implemented in Shanghai, within the context of three guidelines for effective policy implementation. These mitigation actions include increasing energy efficiency and reducing coal consumption. The three guidelines are 1) governmental focus on policy implementation, 2) evaluation mechanisms for assessing policy impact, and 3) stakeholders' participation at various levels of government and the public. This paper uses qualitative research methods within a case study approach. Data collection is based on secondary sources, including literature reviews. The results suggest that the government should intensify its focus on various policy implementation processes to enhance the effectiveness of climate change mitigation policies. This paper may serve as a useful example for other cities facing similar implementation challenges in increasing the efficiency of climate change mitigation policies.

本文旨在证明政府的关注点对实施减缓气候变化政策的有效性具有重大影响。本文分析了上海实施的两项缓解行动，并在有效实施政策的三个指导方针的背景下进行了分析。这些缓解行动包括提高能源效率和减少煤炭消耗。这三条准则是：1)政府对政策实施的关注；2)评估政策影响的评估机制；3)各级政府和公众的利益相关者参与。本文采用案例研究方法中的定性研究方法。数据收集基于二手来源，包括文献综述。研究结果表明，政府应加强对各种政策实施过程的关注，以提高减缓气候变化政策的有效性。本文可作为在提高减缓气候变化政策效率方面面临类似实施挑战的其他城市的有益范例。

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The role of food categories in shaping socioeconomic impacts on the water footprint of household food waste 食物类别在形成家庭食物浪费水足迹的社会经济影响中的作用

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Cleaner and Responsible Consumption

Pub Date : 2025-08-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.clrc.2025.100314

Gracia-de-Rentería Pilar , Ferrer-Pérez Hugo

Household food waste poses a serious threat to planetary boundaries, particularly regarding water use, since it translates directly into unnecessary consumption of virtual water, contributing to freshwater depletion and threatening water security in water-scarce regions. This study examines how household socioeconomic factors differentially drive the water footprint embedded in food wasted, and how these impacts vary across food categories. To do so, we combine detailed data on food waste quantities of representative Spanish households for the period 2018–2022 with data on unitary water footprint of consumption, in order to calculate the volume of virtual water embedded in food discarded by households. We then employ a pooled regression approach to estimate the socioeconomic characteristics influencing it, analysing differences across food categories and testing how the impact of household characteristics varies by categories. Our results reveal that higher socioeconomic status and larger households significantly increase the water footprint of food waste, while the age of the main shopper and the presence of children are associated with a reduction. Moreover, our findings show that the water footprint of vegetables and other foods categories is more sensitive to socioeconomic status, while the water footprint of meat and dairy categories shows a stronger effect driven by age and household size. These insights offer policymakers valuable guidance for the design of tailored policies for specific groups to reduce the water usage, focusing not only on those products with a higher waste level, but also with a higher water footprint.

家庭食物浪费对地球边界构成严重威胁，特别是在用水方面，因为它直接转化为不必要的虚拟水消耗，造成淡水枯竭，威胁缺水地区的水安全。本研究考察了家庭社会经济因素如何以不同方式驱动食物浪费中的水足迹，以及这些影响在不同食物类别之间的差异。为此，我们将2018-2022年期间西班牙代表性家庭食物浪费数量的详细数据与消费的单一水足迹数据相结合，以计算家庭丢弃的食物中嵌入的虚拟水的量。然后，我们采用混合回归方法来估计影响它的社会经济特征，分析不同食品类别的差异，并测试家庭特征的影响如何因类别而异。我们的研究结果表明，较高的社会经济地位和较大的家庭显著增加了食物浪费的水足迹，而主要购物者的年龄和儿童的存在与减少有关。此外，我们的研究结果表明，蔬菜和其他食品类别的水足迹对社会经济地位更为敏感，而肉类和乳制品类别的水足迹受年龄和家庭规模的影响更大。这些见解为政策制定者提供了有价值的指导，可以为特定群体设计量身定制的政策，以减少用水量，不仅关注那些浪费水平较高的产品，而且关注那些水足迹较高的产品。

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Sustainability considerations and willingness to try alternative proteins: evidence from the UK 可持续性考虑和尝试替代蛋白质的意愿：来自英国的证据

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Cleaner and Responsible Consumption

Pub Date : 2025-07-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.clrc.2025.100313

Albert Boaitey , Beth Clark , Pattanapong Tiwasing

Reductions in the consumption of livestock products in Western diets are considered necessary to mitigate some of animal productions' impacts on human health, animal welfare and the environment. Whilst several alternative protein products are on the market or being developed, the motivations for consumer decision-making are not well-understood. In particular, given the focus on improved sustainability as justification for these alternative proteins, understanding the relationship between sustainability considerations and willingness to try (WTT) remains important. This study uses data from 1929 UK individuals to evaluate the potential role of sustainability considerations (health, animal welfare, environmental, financial) on WTT three alternative protein products: plant-based, cultured meat, and edible insects. Ordered probit and quantile regression models are used to explore WTT, with controls for respondents' sociodemographic characteristics and level of awareness. The findings show that sustainability considerations particularly ethical and environmental concerns remain relevant in the WTT alternative proteins in the UK. Their potential role however varies across products and consumer segments. There is also significant variation in WTT due to factors related to familiarity with specific alternative protein types and respondent's socio-demographic characteristics (i.e., gender, education, age, marital status, household size, number of children and household income). Recommendations are made for strategies to promote the alternative protein products examined based on these findings.

减少西方饮食中牲畜产品的消费被认为是必要的，以减轻某些动物产品对人类健康、动物福利和环境的影响。虽然有几种替代蛋白质产品已经上市或正在开发中，但消费者决策的动机尚不清楚。特别是，考虑到提高可持续性作为这些替代蛋白质的理由，理解可持续性考虑与尝试意愿（WTT）之间的关系仍然很重要。这项研究使用了1929年英国个人的数据来评估可持续性考虑（健康，动物福利，环境，金融）对WTT三种替代蛋白质产品的潜在作用：植物性，培养肉和可食用昆虫。使用有序概率和分位数回归模型来探索WTT，并控制受访者的社会人口统计学特征和意识水平。研究结果表明，在英国，可持续性考虑，特别是伦理和环境问题，仍然与WTT替代蛋白质有关。然而，它们的潜在作用因产品和消费者群体而异。由于对特定替代蛋白质类型的熟悉程度和受访者的社会人口特征（即性别、教育程度、年龄、婚姻状况、家庭规模、子女数量和家庭收入）相关因素，WTT也存在显著差异。根据这些发现，提出了推广替代蛋白质产品的策略建议。

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Choosing clean: Do Indian consumers intend to purchase microplastic-free personal care products 选择清洁：印度消费者是否打算购买不含微塑料的个人护理产品

IF 3.7 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Cleaner and Responsible Consumption

Pub Date : 2025-07-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.clrc.2025.100312

Riya Kumbukattu Alex , Nimitha Aboobaker , Suja Purushothaman Devipriya

Plastic microbeads in personal care products have raised significant environmental concerns, prompting regulatory interventions worldwide. However, consumer intentions play a crucial role in ensuring the success of such initiatives, particularly in emerging economies where market diversity and socio-cultural complexities exist. This study developed an integrative model combining the Theory of Planned Behaviour, Value Belief Norms, and Social Cognitive Theory to understand the pro-environmental behavioural intentions of Indian consumers towards microplastics in personal care products. A nationwide survey (N = 375) and Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) with PROCESS macro analysis were conducted. The study identified ‘moral values’ as a critical determinant of Behavioural Intention, influencing decisions through two indirect multiple mediation pathways; the former involving ‘self-efficacy’ and ‘attitude’ (β = 0.119), whereas the latter includes ‘environmental knowledge’ and ‘attitude’ (β = 0.061). In this study, ‘observational learning’ exhibited a novel conditional moderation effect at moderate and high levels through ‘self-efficacy’ (β = 0.055) and ‘perceived behavioural control’ (β = 0.034), emphasising the role of social learning in shaping consumers' intentions towards purchases. A baseline observation of this study noticed that younger, female, and scientifically educated consumers were more emotionally responsive and supportive of regulatory measures, while older and non-science background consumers preferred incentive-based approaches. The insights from this study will aid in developing responsible consumption patterns through targeted awareness campaigns, eco-labelling, influencer-led promotions, and educational curriculum reforms, which are linked to Sustainable Development Goal 12.

个人护理产品中的塑料微珠引起了严重的环境问题，促使世界各地的监管干预。然而，消费者意图在确保此类举措成功方面发挥着至关重要的作用，特别是在市场多样性和社会文化复杂性存在的新兴经济体中。本研究结合计划行为理论、价值信念规范和社会认知理论开发了一个综合模型，以了解印度消费者对个人护理产品中的微塑料的亲环境行为意图。在全国范围内进行了一项调查（N = 375），并采用结构方程模型（SEM）进行了PROCESS宏观分析。该研究确定“道德价值观”是行为意图的关键决定因素，通过两种间接的多重中介途径影响决策；前者包括“自我效能”和“态度”（β = 0.119），后者包括“环境知识”和“态度”（β = 0.061）。在本研究中，“观察学习”通过“自我效能”（β = 0.055）和“感知行为控制”（β = 0.034）在中高水平上表现出一种新的条件调节效应，强调了社会学习在塑造消费者购买意愿方面的作用。本研究的基线观察发现，年轻、女性和受过科学教育的消费者在情感上更容易响应和支持监管措施，而年龄较大和没有科学背景的消费者更喜欢基于激励的方法。本研究的见解将有助于通过有针对性的宣传活动、生态标签、有影响力的人主导的促销活动以及与可持续发展目标12相关的教育课程改革，发展负责任的消费模式。

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Virtual reality for sustainable and responsible pedagogy in art and design education: A systematic review of motivation and digital leadership 虚拟现实在艺术和设计教育中可持续和负责任的教学：对动机和数字领导的系统回顾

IF 5.3 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Cleaner and Responsible Consumption

Pub Date : 2025-07-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.clrc.2025.100311

Yuxin Zhang , Dorothy Dewitt , Kenny S.L. Cheah

This systematic review examines the role of Virtual Reality (VR) in advancing sustainable and responsible pedagogical innovation in art and design education. Drawing on 52 peer-reviewed studies published between 2015 and 2025, it synthesizes evidence across educational technology, leadership, and sustainability research. The review introduces a novel TAM-SDT-DL framework that integrates the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), Self-Determination Theory (SDT), and Digital Leadership (DL) to offer a multidimensional lens on VR adoption. This hybrid model combines functional, psychological, and organizational factors, emphasizing that sustainable VR integration requires alignment between perceived usefulness, ease of use, fulfillment of psychological needs (autonomy, competence, relatedness), and visionary institutional leadership. Findings highlight VR's pedagogical affordances for immersive, creative, and resource-conscious learning, while identifying critical challenges such as digital skill gaps, infrastructure limitations, and the need for inclusive, ethical, and environmentally conscious strategies. The TAM-SDT-DL framework addresses gaps in current research by linking individual learner engagement with institutional readiness and policy alignment. The review provides actionable guidance for educators and policymakers, advocating faculty development that unites technical training with motivational pedagogies, leadership strategies that ensure equitable access, and policies aligned with sustainability goals, including the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Ultimately, the review argues that VR's potential lies not in its technological novelty, but in its capacity to support responsible innovation through alignment with sustainable educational values. It calls for longitudinal, culturally responsive, and methodologically diverse research to maximize VR's transformative impact on creative education.

本系统综述探讨了虚拟现实（VR）在促进艺术和设计教育中可持续和负责任的教学创新方面的作用。它借鉴了2015年至2025年间发表的52项同行评议研究，综合了教育技术、领导力和可持续性研究方面的证据。本文介绍了一个新的TAM-SDT-DL框架，该框架集成了技术接受模型（TAM）、自决理论（SDT）和数字领导力（DL），为虚拟现实的采用提供了一个多维视角。这种混合模型结合了功能、心理和组织因素，强调可持续的虚拟现实整合需要在感知有用性、易用性、心理需求（自主性、能力、相关性）的满足和有远见的机构领导之间保持一致。研究结果强调了VR在沉浸式、创造性和资源意识学习方面的教学启示，同时确定了诸如数字技能差距、基础设施限制以及对包容性、道德和环保意识战略的需求等关键挑战。TAM-SDT-DL框架通过将个人学习者参与与机构准备和政策一致性联系起来，解决了当前研究中的空白。该报告为教育工作者和政策制定者提供了可操作的指导，倡导将技术培训与激励教学法、确保公平获取的领导战略以及与可持续发展目标（包括联合国可持续发展目标）相一致的政策相结合的教师发展。最后，该评论认为，虚拟现实的潜力不在于其技术的新颖性，而在于其通过与可持续教育价值观相一致来支持负责任的创新的能力。它要求纵向、文化响应和方法多样化的研究，以最大限度地发挥VR对创意教育的变革性影响。

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Factors influencing consumer preferences for sustainably produced rice: A systematic review 影响消费者对可持续生产大米偏好的因素：系统综述

IF 3.7 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Cleaner and Responsible Consumption

Pub Date : 2025-07-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.clrc.2025.100309

Xi Zhou, Julia Checco, Md. Ali Akber, Ammar Abdul Aziz

Sustainably produced rice could play a significant role in securing future global food supply, potentially offering an approach to mitigate biodiversity loss, address food security challenges, and contribute to economic growth. To drive successful market adoption of sustainably produced rice, it is essential to comprehensively understand consumer attitudes and the factors influencing their purchasing decisions. In this review, we synthesises findings from 51 studies investigating global consumer acceptance of sustainably produced rice, identifying two broad categories of influencing factors: consumer-related (demographics, attitudes, and knowledge/familiarity) and product-related (product attributes and verifications). Overall, we found that sustainably produced attributes (56 records), label and certificates (56), income (22), cognitive perceptual factors (20), and environmental concern (18) are the five most mentioned positive factors that play a significant role in influencing consumer preferences for sustainably produced rice. Key recommendations for improving consumers' acceptance of sustainably produced rice include: enhancing consumer awareness of healthy eating and environmental protection, strengthening food certification systems, and developing rice varieties that are both nutritionally superior and environmentally sustainable. This review offers valuable insights into sustainable consumer behaviour, providing a foundational framework for researchers and marketers to further investigate consumer preferences, develop targeted marketing strategies, and explore the market potential of sustainably produced rice. It also highlights the need for additional research to address gaps in understanding market-specific factors affecting sustainably produced rice consumption.

可持续生产的水稻可以在确保未来全球粮食供应方面发挥重要作用，可能为减轻生物多样性丧失、应对粮食安全挑战和促进经济增长提供一种方法。为了推动市场成功采用可持续生产的大米，全面了解消费者的态度和影响他们购买决策的因素是至关重要的。在这篇综述中，我们综合了51项调查全球消费者对可持续生产大米接受程度的研究结果，确定了两大类影响因素：与消费者相关的（人口统计、态度和知识/熟悉程度）和与产品相关的（产品属性和验证）。总体而言，我们发现可持续生产的属性（56项记录）、标签和证书（56项）、收入（22项）、认知感知因素（20项）和环境关注（18项）是五个被提及最多的积极因素，它们在影响消费者对可持续生产大米的偏好方面发挥着重要作用。提高消费者对可持续生产大米接受程度的主要建议包括：提高消费者对健康饮食和环境保护的意识，加强食品认证制度，以及开发营养丰富和环境可持续的水稻品种。该综述为可持续消费者行为提供了有价值的见解，为研究人员和营销人员进一步调查消费者偏好、制定有针对性的营销策略和探索可持续生产大米的市场潜力提供了基础框架。它还强调需要进行更多的研究，以解决在了解影响可持续生产的大米消费的特定市场因素方面的差距。

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