The Impact of Consumers’ Agreement with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on Agricultural Product Subscription Behaviors

Tzu Chun Huang*, Yen Chuan Lai, Ching Li*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This study investigates the influence of consumers’ alignment with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on their participation in agricultural product subscription services. A two-step cluster analysis was employed to classify consumer subscription behaviors into distinct groups, followed by discriminant analysis and one-way ANOVA to examine differences in consumer behavior and SDG alignment across these clusters. The findings identified three key subscriber categories: General, Price-Oriented, and Quality-Oriented Subscribers. A critical factor distinguishing these clusters was the reduction in product waste, which aligns with SDG 2, aimed at improving agricultural production efficiency to ensure food security. Overall, this study identified a significant relationship between agricultural product subscriptions and the SDGs, reflecting consumers’ attitudes toward sustainable development based on their varying degrees of recognition of the subscription model’s value.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1809
JournalSustainability (Switzerland)
Volume17
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2025 Mar

Keywords

  • consumer behavior
  • environmental sustainability
  • subscription models
  • value-orientation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Science (miscellaneous)
  • Geography, Planning and Development
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
  • Energy Engineering and Power Technology
  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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