{"id":2896,"date":"2015-11-19T16:42:38","date_gmt":"2015-11-19T16:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freshstudio.vn\/?p=2896"},"modified":"2025-11-21T11:22:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T04:22:53","slug":"phd-defense-food-safety-concerns-and-shopping-for-daily-vegetables-in-modernizing-vietnam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freshstudio.vn\/vi\/phd-defense-food-safety-concerns-and-shopping-for-daily-vegetables-in-modernizing-vietnam\/","title":{"rendered":"PhD defense: Food safety concerns and shopping for daily vegetables in modernizing Vietnam"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2896\" class=\"elementor elementor-2896\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4b77c8ef elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4b77c8ef\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-51d99518\" data-id=\"51d99518\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-611cc431 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"611cc431\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><!-- wp:table {\"className\":\"is-style-stripes\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\">\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>PhD candidate<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>SCO (Sigrid) Wertheim-Heck\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Promoter<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Prof.dr.ir. G (Gert) Spaargaren\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Co-promoter\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Dr.ir. SR (Sietze) Vellema\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Organisation\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Wageningen UR, Environmental Policy, Wageningen School of Social Sciences (WASS)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Date<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Friday 20 November 2015<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Time<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>13:30 to 15:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Venue<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Auditorium, building number 362<br \/>Generaal Foulkesweg 1 362<br \/>6703 BG Wageningen<br \/>0317 &#8211; 483592<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:table --><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":3} -->\n<h3><strong>Download the open access paper<\/strong><\/h3>\n<!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:file {\"id\":2902,\"href\":\"https:\/\/freshstudio.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20151029-Thesis-We-have-to-eat-right-SCO-Wertheim-Heck.pdf\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freshstudio.vn\/vi\/20151029-thesis-we-have-to-eat-right-sco-wertheim-heck-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download the PDF-version<\/a><a class=\"wp-block-file__button\" href=\"https:\/\/freshstudio.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20151029-Thesis-We-have-to-eat-right-SCO-Wertheim-Heck.pdf\" download=\"\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:file --><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":3} -->\n<h3><strong>Would you like to follow the broadcast of my PhD defense live?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Click the button below and click on the &#8216;Live broadcast of PhD defence&#8217; on the right side.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wageningenur.nl\/en\/Expertise-Services\/Chair-groups\/Social-Sciences\/Environmental-Policy-Group\/Show\/We-have-to-eat-right-Food-safety-concerns-and-shopping-for-daily-vegetables-in-modernizing-Vietnam-1.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Follow the broadcast live<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":3} -->\n<h3><strong>Food safety concerns do not drive Vietnamese consumers towards supermarkets yet<\/strong><\/h3>\n<!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Vietnam is one of the world\u2019s largest growth economies. To meet the growing demand for fresh vegetables at declining farmland acreage cultivation methods have intensified with an increase in the often inappropriate application of agricultural inputs. Food safety scandals are widely covered by the public media and 95% of the consumers is heavily perturbed by the safety of the vegetables they consume on a daily basis.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>To improve food safety and to restore trust among consumers, authorities in Vietnam stimulate the development of western style supermarkets while reducing traditional (street-) market vending. The government expects supermarkets, which maintain strict food safety management systems and food hygiene standards, to provide a suitable alternative for the less controlled and unhygienic street- and market vending. Policies are designed to influence behavior based on the idea that food safety concerns drive consumers away from traditional markets towards supermarkets. However, only 2% off the vegetables is being purchased in supermarkets. The research reveals how supermarkets do not necessarily fit in the routine organization of the every day lives of different groups of consumers. Some consumers, living in local communities with strong social cohesion, take their time and purchase their vegetables while \u2018walking and talking\u2019 in their \u2018own\u2019 market. Other, more time constrained consumers, prefer \u2018shopping without stopping\u2019, purchasing their vegetables seated on their motorbike while keeping the engine running.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The research shows in what way the different daily shopping practices prevalent in Vietnam are embedded within the wider range of every day life activities and social interdependencies, and how these have evolved over time. Vietnamese consumers appear creative and skilled in coping with food safety risks. They importantly rely on their own practical know-how in discerning safe vegetables, while attaching less importance to anonymous and objective assurance systems and certificates known from supermarkets and controlled chains. This study shows that western models are not readily applicable within the Asian context and thus warns against making the much needed food safety policies dependent on a single, ideal-typical (supermarket) model.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PhD candidate SCO (Sigrid) Wertheim-Heck\u00a0 Promoter Prof.dr.ir. G (Gert) Spaargaren\u00a0 Co-promoter\u00a0 Dr.ir. SR (Sietze) Vellema\u00a0 Organisation\u00a0 Wageningen UR, Environmental Policy, Wageningen School of Social Sciences (WASS) Date Friday 20 November 2015 Time 13:30 to 15:00 Venue Auditorium, building number 362Generaal Foulkesweg 1 3626703 BG Wageningen0317 &#8211; 483592 Download the open access paper Would you like [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2903,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[81,74],"tags":[513,150],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freshstudio.vn\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2896"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freshstudio.vn\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freshstudio.vn\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freshstudio.vn\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freshstudio.vn\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2896"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/freshstudio.vn\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4405,"href":"https:\/\/freshstudio.vn\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2896\/revisions\/4405"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freshstudio.vn\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freshstudio.vn\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freshstudio.vn\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freshstudio.vn\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}