La prensa como modelo de escritura para el ciudadano europeo : teoría, praxis y formación periodística

Programa de doctorado: Español y su cultura: investigación, desarrollo e innovación

Teoría celular de los sistemas IPO-NET

Director de tesis: Antonio Ocón Carreras. Programa de doctorado: Tecnologías de la información y sus aplicaciones

Las escrituras criminales en el contexto de la lucha por las libertades: teoría y práctica en Canarias entre 1959 y 1982

Programa de doctorado: Historiografía, fuentes y métodos de la investigación histórica

Estrategias derivadas de la teoría de juegos en un héroe literario castellano. Exégesis estratégica en la acción, el efecto y la emoción en la toma de armas del héroe. Obtención de la jerarquía de pagos en la primera parte de "El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha"

Programa de Doctorado en Literatura Española y Teoría de la Literatura

Fresh Produce Safety and Good Agricultural Practices: Stakeholders' Perception and Consumers' Choice in Thailand

Concerns of Thai consumers on food safety have been recently increasing, especially in urban areas and for fresh produce because food safety scandals, such as chemical residues on fresh produce (e.g., cabbage) still frequently occur. The Thai government tried to meet consumer needs by imposing in the domestic market a stronger regulation aimed at increasing the baseline level of food safety assurance and by introducing a voluntary standard (based on Good Agricultural Practices or GAPs and known as Q-GAP) and the related food safety label (i.e., Q mark). However, since standards and regulations are weakly implemented in the domestic market compared to exported products, there is still a lack of Thai consumers’ confidence in the safety of local food products. In this work the current situation of GAPs adoption in Thai fresh produce production is analysed. Furthermore, it is studied whether Thai consumers place value on food safety labels available on the market, to know whether consumer demand could drive the market of certified safer products. This study contains three essays: 1) a review of the literature, 2) a qualitative study on stakeholders' perception toward GAPs adoption and 3) a quantitative study, aimed at analysing consumers' preferences and willingness-to-pay for food safety labels on fresh produce using a discrete choice experiment. This dissertation contributes to the economics of quality assurance and labelling, specifically addressing GAPs and food safety label in the fresh produce supply chain. Results show that Q-GAP could be effectively used to improve food safety in Thai domestic market, but its credibility should be improved. Stakeholder’s awareness toward food safety issues and the delivery of reliable and sound information are crucial. Thai consumers are willing to pay a premium price for food safety labelled produce over unlabelled ones. Implications for both government and business decision-makers are discussed.