Giorgio Schifani
Biographic Data
| ID | 201533 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Giorgio Schifani |
| GIVEN NAMES | Giorgio |
| FAMILY NAME | Schifani |
| SIGNATURE | SCHIFANI G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Palermo |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1055-929X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 40 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Scoring NutriScore: Italian consumer perspectives and policy implications in nutritional labelling
Purpose This study aims to understand consumers' subjective perceptions of the adoption of the NutriScore label on food packaging. In particular, the study focuses on the overall acceptance of the NutriScore label in Italy, with the aim of emphasising the importance of understanding consumer perspectives in order to encourage healthier food choices. Design/methodology/approach Q methodology was used to explore individuals’ subjectivity and attitu…
The Value of Organic plus. Analysing Consumers' Preference for Additional Ethical Attributes of Organic food Products
Organic Plus attributes strengthen the sustainability of the organic products and differentiate them from the 'conventionalized' organic ones. Products with Organic Plus attributes seem appreciated by organic consumers. However, research on consumers' preference for Organic Plus is still scarce, leaving gaps in the understanding of the consumers' characteristics of organic products with Plus attributes. In order to enrich the knowledge of consume…
Factors affecting consumer preferences for “natural wine”: An exploratory study in the Italian market
Purpose The aim of this study is to understand which wine quality characteristics, consumers' attitudes and socio-demographic characteristics affect the consumers' willingness to pay (WTP) a premium price for a bottle of natural wine. Design/methodology/approach The research is experimental and investigated the purchasing intentions of 613 Italian wine consumers within a hypothetical setting. In order to elicit WTP for natural wine, a multiple pr…
Beyond Alternative Food Networks: Understanding Motivations to Participate in Orti Urbani in Palermo
Community gardens include many benefits, and different motivations seem to underline citizens' choices to participate. In Italy, political motivations are considered one of the main reasons for participation in community gardens (known as orti urbani). Drawing from the orti urbani experience in Palermo (the largest city in Sicily, Southern Italy), this study aims to understand the main motivations that influence citizens' participation and to mea…
Are Farmers in Alternative Food Networks Social Entrepreneurs? Evidence from a Behavioral Approach
Farmers' Participation in Civic Agriculture: The Effect of Social Embeddedness
This work investigates how farmers' attitudes influence their decision to participate in some particular forms of civic agriculture, namely farmers' markets (conventional or organic), solidarity purchase groups, direct selling, and box schemes. It also explores whether social embeddedness-related attitudes occur with different intensities within the various types of civic agriculture. To this end, a survey was carried out among farmers participat…
Food Community Networks as Leverage for Social Embeddedness
Sustainability and New Models of Consumption: The Solidarity Purchasing Groups in Sicily
Farmers' Participation in Civic Agriculture: The Effect of Social Embeddedness
This work investigates how farmers' attitudes influence their decision to participate in some particular forms of civic agriculture, namely farmers' markets (conventional or organic), solidarity purchase groups, direct selling, and box schemes. It also explores whether social embeddedness-related attitudes occur with different intensities within the various types of civic agriculture. To this end, a survey was carried out among farmers participat…
Are Farmers in Alternative Food Networks Social Entrepreneurs? Evidence from a Behavioral Approach
Food Community Networks as Leverage for Social Embeddedness
Sustainability and New Models of Consumption: The Solidarity Purchasing Groups in Sicily
The Value of Organic plus. Analysing Consumers' Preference for Additional Ethical Attributes of Organic food Products
Organic Plus attributes strengthen the sustainability of the organic products and differentiate them from the 'conventionalized' organic ones. Products with Organic Plus attributes seem appreciated by organic consumers. However, research on consumers' preference for Organic Plus is still scarce, leaving gaps in the understanding of the consumers' characteristics of organic products with Plus attributes. In order to enrich the knowledge of consume…
Beyond Alternative Food Networks: Understanding Motivations to Participate in Orti Urbani in Palermo
Community gardens include many benefits, and different motivations seem to underline citizens' choices to participate. In Italy, political motivations are considered one of the main reasons for participation in community gardens (known as orti urbani). Drawing from the orti urbani experience in Palermo (the largest city in Sicily, Southern Italy), this study aims to understand the main motivations that influence citizens' participation and to mea…
Sustainability and New Models of Consumption: The Solidarity Purchasing Groups in Sicily
Food Community Networks as Leverage for Social Embeddedness
Farmers' Participation in Civic Agriculture: The Effect of Social Embeddedness
This work investigates how farmers' attitudes influence their decision to participate in some particular forms of civic agriculture, namely farmers' markets (conventional or organic), solidarity purchase groups, direct selling, and box schemes. It also explores whether social embeddedness-related attitudes occur with different intensities within the various types of civic agriculture. To this end, a survey was carried out among farmers participat…
Are Farmers in Alternative Food Networks Social Entrepreneurs? Evidence from a Behavioral Approach
Beyond Alternative Food Networks: Understanding Motivations to Participate in Orti Urbani in Palermo
Community gardens include many benefits, and different motivations seem to underline citizens' choices to participate. In Italy, political motivations are considered one of the main reasons for participation in community gardens (known as orti urbani). Drawing from the orti urbani experience in Palermo (the largest city in Sicily, Southern Italy), this study aims to understand the main motivations that influence citizens' participation and to mea…
Factors affecting consumer preferences for “natural wine”: An exploratory study in the Italian market
Purpose The aim of this study is to understand which wine quality characteristics, consumers' attitudes and socio-demographic characteristics affect the consumers' willingness to pay (WTP) a premium price for a bottle of natural wine. Design/methodology/approach The research is experimental and investigated the purchasing intentions of 613 Italian wine consumers within a hypothetical setting. In order to elicit WTP for natural wine, a multiple pr…
The Value of Organic plus. Analysing Consumers' Preference for Additional Ethical Attributes of Organic food Products
Organic Plus attributes strengthen the sustainability of the organic products and differentiate them from the 'conventionalized' organic ones. Products with Organic Plus attributes seem appreciated by organic consumers. However, research on consumers' preference for Organic Plus is still scarce, leaving gaps in the understanding of the consumers' characteristics of organic products with Plus attributes. In order to enrich the knowledge of consume…
Scoring NutriScore: Italian consumer perspectives and policy implications in nutritional labelling
Purpose This study aims to understand consumers' subjective perceptions of the adoption of the NutriScore label on food packaging. In particular, the study focuses on the overall acceptance of the NutriScore label in Italy, with the aim of emphasising the importance of understanding consumer perspectives in order to encourage healthier food choices. Design/methodology/approach Q methodology was used to explore individuals’ subjectivity and attitu…
Business (7 works) · Organic Food and Agriculture (7 works) · Marketing (6 works) · Geography (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Social science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Agriculture (3 works) · Innovation and Socioeconomic Development (3 works)