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Individual and collective factors influencing consumer attitudes and behaviour towards edible insects in Kinshasa: a pilot study

Background: More than 300 peoples in the world consume edible insects either as a component of the traditional diet, or in the event of famine. Despite the benefits of insects, their acceptance by some consumers as a source of human food remains the main obstacle to their consumption. The present st...

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Autores principales: Manwanina Kiumba, Nana, Luminet, Olivier, Chang, Betty, Mopendo Mwisomi, Emmanuel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Routledge 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10304425/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37388297
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21642850.2023.2229411
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author Manwanina Kiumba, Nana
Luminet, Olivier
Chang, Betty
Mopendo Mwisomi, Emmanuel
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Luminet, Olivier
Chang, Betty
Mopendo Mwisomi, Emmanuel
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description Background: More than 300 peoples in the world consume edible insects either as a component of the traditional diet, or in the event of famine. Despite the benefits of insects, their acceptance by some consumers as a source of human food remains the main obstacle to their consumption. The present study focuses on the consumption of edible insects in the Kinshasa city (DRCongo) in a context of food crisis and shortage. Methods: The study examined individual (attitudes, perceived control, intent); collective factors (subjective norms); context of consumption and emotional factors that influence insect consumption. A semi-directive interview study based on the theory of planned behaviour was conducted among 60 participants. Results: The results showed that the consumption is a common practice in the study area, but that its frequency is influenced by factors related to the individual, such as participants’ positive attitudes towards insect consumption and ease of obtaining edible insects. The consumption of insects is also influenced by collective factors, such as family, friends, etc. The taste of insects, contextual factors such as family consumption, nutritional intake, habit and belonging to some specific tribes were related to greater consumption. Negative emotions, such as fear, insect characteristics or lack of knowledge about edible species were related to reduced consumption. Conclusions: The results suggest that there is a need to implement interventions that focus specifically on changing certain attitudes.
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spelling pubmed-103044252023-06-29 Individual and collective factors influencing consumer attitudes and behaviour towards edible insects in Kinshasa: a pilot study Manwanina Kiumba, Nana Luminet, Olivier Chang, Betty Mopendo Mwisomi, Emmanuel Health Psychol Behav Med Research Article Background: More than 300 peoples in the world consume edible insects either as a component of the traditional diet, or in the event of famine. Despite the benefits of insects, their acceptance by some consumers as a source of human food remains the main obstacle to their consumption. The present study focuses on the consumption of edible insects in the Kinshasa city (DRCongo) in a context of food crisis and shortage. Methods: The study examined individual (attitudes, perceived control, intent); collective factors (subjective norms); context of consumption and emotional factors that influence insect consumption. A semi-directive interview study based on the theory of planned behaviour was conducted among 60 participants. Results: The results showed that the consumption is a common practice in the study area, but that its frequency is influenced by factors related to the individual, such as participants’ positive attitudes towards insect consumption and ease of obtaining edible insects. The consumption of insects is also influenced by collective factors, such as family, friends, etc. The taste of insects, contextual factors such as family consumption, nutritional intake, habit and belonging to some specific tribes were related to greater consumption. Negative emotions, such as fear, insect characteristics or lack of knowledge about edible species were related to reduced consumption. Conclusions: The results suggest that there is a need to implement interventions that focus specifically on changing certain attitudes. Routledge 2023-06-27 /pmc/articles/PMC10304425/ /pubmed/37388297 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21642850.2023.2229411 Text en © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.
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Luminet, Olivier
Chang, Betty
Mopendo Mwisomi, Emmanuel
Individual and collective factors influencing consumer attitudes and behaviour towards edible insects in Kinshasa: a pilot study
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title_full Individual and collective factors influencing consumer attitudes and behaviour towards edible insects in Kinshasa: a pilot study
title_fullStr Individual and collective factors influencing consumer attitudes and behaviour towards edible insects in Kinshasa: a pilot study
title_full_unstemmed Individual and collective factors influencing consumer attitudes and behaviour towards edible insects in Kinshasa: a pilot study
title_short Individual and collective factors influencing consumer attitudes and behaviour towards edible insects in Kinshasa: a pilot study
title_sort individual and collective factors influencing consumer attitudes and behaviour towards edible insects in kinshasa: a pilot study
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10304425/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37388297
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21642850.2023.2229411
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