The South Korean Perspective on German Animal Welfare Certified Pork

Abstract: Industry stakeholder requests for improved animal welfare practices in German meat production have steadily increased in recent years. A transformation of German animal husbandry systems would almost certainly result in higher production costs. Against this background, producers and the meat industry are concerned about losing their international competitiveness while implementing improved animal welfare practices. As South Korea is an established trading partner for Germany, the objective of this explorative study is to assess South Korean meat market trends with a special focus on meat quality and animal welfare in order to evaluate export chances for German pork produced under higher animal welfare standards. Using a triangulation, the results of semi-structured interviews (n=15) with South Korean pork supply chain stakeholders are combined with the results of an online survey of South Korean consumers (n=723). Results indicate that the market potential for German meat produced .... https://www.tib-op.org/ojs/index.php/gjae/article/view/1172

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: The South Korean Perspective on German Animal Welfare Certified Pork ; volume:73 ; number:1 ; year:2024 ; German journal of agricultural economics ; 73, Heft 1 (2024)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Derstappen, Rebecca ; Thies, Annika Johanna

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2406241125131.231576937016
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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