Japan: reasons for attention to fertilizer usage for agricultural produce 2022

According to a survey conducted in Japan in July of 2022, the majority of the respondents who pay attention to whether the agricultural products they are buying were produced in an environmentally friendly manners, such as without chemical fertilizers or pesticides, stated as a reason for their purchasing decision that they were concerned for the health of the people who eat these products. The second most popular reason for these choices was sympathy for the organic producers' ideals.

Reasons for consumers' concern over whether bought agricultural products were cultivated with chemical fertilizer in Japan as of July 2022

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Release date

September 2022

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Region

Japan

Survey time period

July 2022

Number of respondents

748 respondents

Age group

20-79 years

Special properties

only respondents who previously answered that they paid attention

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Original question: "When buying agricultural produce, why would you pay attention to whether chemical fertilizers and pesticides were used to cultivate them?"

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