Dr. Sina Nitzko
Research focus:
- Consumer behaviour
- Sustainable consumption
- Nutrition and health psychology
- Nitzko, S., Bahrs, E. & Spiller, A. (2024). Consumer willingness to pay for pesticide-free food products with different processing degrees: Does additional information on cultivation have an influence? Farming System, 2, 100059.
- Nitzko, S. (2023). Consumer acceptance of the use of plant and animal by-products of food manufacturing for human nutrition. Food and Humanity, 1, 1238-1249.
- Nitzko, S. (2023). Consumer preferences for naturally high-fiber and fiber-fortified foods: A preliminary segmentation study. Journal of Consumer Protection and Food Safety, 18, 119-132.
Research projects:
"Entwicklung und Erprobung eines Klimalabels für Lebensmittel in Niedersachsen (EEKlim)"In order to achieve international and national sustainability goals, environmentally conscious nutrition has increasingly moved into the public interest and political discussions. In addition to transformation processes in agriculture and the food sector, consumers are also seen as playing an important role. The planned project therefore aims to develop a scientifically based framework concept for a climate label and to test its practicability for the agricultural and food sector in Lower Saxony. The label to be developed is to be designed in such a way that environmentally friendly consumption and production patterns are promoted in the food sector. The project is funded by the Lower Saxony Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection.
NOcsPS Agriculture 4.0 excluding synthetic chemical pesticides
Social acceptance of chemically synthesised plant protection products (csPSPs) in conventional agriculture is declining, in part because of potential residues in food and adverse effects on biodiversity. However, it is questionable whether organic farming alone can provide sufficient food for the world in the future. At the same time, increasing restrictions on the registration and use of active ingredients, as well as growing resistance in pests, are making the use of csPSMs more difficult and calling for the development of alternative methods for environmentally and nature-friendly crop production.