Food Purchasing Behaviours of Youth in Northern Thailand

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dc.contributor.advisorVandergeest, Peter
dc.contributor.authorDovaston, Sarah Elizabeth
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-22T18:41:15Z
dc.date.available2019-11-22T18:41:15Z
dc.date.copyright2019-04
dc.date.issued2019-11-22
dc.date.updated2019-11-22T18:41:15Z
dc.degree.disciplineGeography
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractThis project seeks to understand the relationship between changing retail formats, youth consumer decision-making and the campaigns of local food advocates and their impacts on food cultures. General research objectives are to determine how youth in Chiang Mai understand their current eating practices and determine why youth involvement in the alternative agricultural (AA) movement is limited and to investigate how AA organizations can better involve youth. A multi-method approach was employed which included; semi-structured interviews (N=33), a questionnaire survey (N=35) and food journals (N=9). Data collected from youth participants revealed that the top three factors considered when making food decision are taste, proximity and price. Further research revealed that youth were actively interested in safe and healthy food. These results suggest an opening for how AA organizations could more effectively engage youth by building on their interest in healthy food while taking into account the factors that influence their food choices.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/36693
dc.languageen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectGeography
dc.subject.keywordsfood purchasing behaviours
dc.subject.keywordsyouth
dc.subject.keywordsChiang Mai
dc.subject.keywordsThailand
dc.subject.keywordsnutritionism
dc.subject.keywordssupermarket revolution
dc.subject.keywordsagrarian transition
dc.subject.keywordsorganic foods
dc.subject.keywordssafe foods
dc.subject.keywordsfood marketing
dc.subject.keywordsalternative agricultural organizations
dc.subject.keywordssustainable agriculture
dc.titleFood Purchasing Behaviours of Youth in Northern Thailand
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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