مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - DETERMINATION OF ECONOMIC INCENTIVES IN TERMS OF THE ADOPTION OF FOOD SAFETY PRACTICES IN DRIED FIG FIRMS

Abstract :

The implementation of food safety practices in sufficient and efficient ways becomes an inevitable necessity for food establishments including dried fig firms. This study aimed to determine economic incentives for adoption of food safety practices in dried fig firms. Therefore, a survey questionnaire based on whole count method was planned and 91 firm managers employing in Aydın region, where a large amount of dried fig of Turkey is produced, were interviewed. Firstly, 30 economic incentives being assumed that they would have crucial effects on adoption of food safety practices were determined, and then a likert scale was utilized to define the attitudes of the firm managers on this issue. Cronbach alpha (α) test was used in order to determine whether the data of this study was reliable. Varimax rotation in principal components within factor analysis was used to identify the incentives showing substantially the most efficient characteristics regarding to the adoption of food safety practices. Good agricultural practices (GAP) in the farmer level and good processing operations in the firm level in respect of factor loadings were defined as the most important economic incentives. The implementation of contemporary marketing practices also followed them.