Describing capability, opportunity, and motivation for food safety practices among actors in the Cambodian informal vegetable market

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems

Sustainable Food Systems

Malyheng Chhoeun¹  Keorimy Ouk¹  Lyda Hok²  Nora M. Bello³  Jessie Vipham⁴  Sabrina Mosimann⁵  Paul Ebner⁵ 

[1] Center of Excellence on Sustainable Agricultural Intensification and Nutrition, Royal University of Agriculture, Phnom Penh, Cambodia;Center of Excellence on Sustainable Agricultural Intensification and Nutrition, Royal University of Agriculture, Phnom Penh, Cambodia;Division of Research and Extension, Royal University of Agriculture, Phnom Penh, Cambodia;Department of Animal Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States;Department of Animal Sciences and Industry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States;Department of Animal Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States;

关键词: Cambodia;    food safety;    capability;    opportunity;    motivation;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fsufs.2023.1060876

 received in 2022-10-03, accepted in 2023-02-13,  发布年份 2023

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

IntroductionSeveral Cambodian initiatives seek to improve nutritional outcomes via increased production and consumption of nutrient-dense foods, including vegetables. However, food safety gaps in informal markets, where most vegetables are purchased, allow for the transmission of foodborne pathogens and threaten the positive nutritional outcomes associated with vegetable consumption.MethodsThis study describes a tool used to measure perceptions of Cambodians involved with informal vegetable markets regarding their capabilities, opportunities, and motivations to implement food safety practices. The quantitative tool could also be used to assess capability, opportunity, and motivation to adopt a behavior in a wide range of development contexts. To these ends, a questionnaire assessing these perceptions was developed using the Capability, Opportunity, Motivation-Behavior (COM-B) model of behavior and the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF).ResultsThe questionnaire was piloted with vegetable vendors in Phnom Penh (N = 55), revised, and subsequently implemented in the provinces of Battambang and Siem Reap with vegetable producers, distributors, and vendors (N = 181). Confirmatory factor analysis resulted in a nine-factor model corresponding to TDF constructs with a comparative fit index of 0.91, a Tucker-Lewis index of 0.89, and a root mean square error of ~0.05. Further analysis indicated that vegetable vendors and distributors typically had significantly higher (p < 0.05) levels of perceived motivation and capability to implement the target food safety practice (washing surfaces that come in contact with vegetables with soap and water every day) compared to their perceived opportunity to do so. Among farmers, however, levels of perceived motivation were significantly higher (p < 0.05) than levels of perceived opportunity and capability. In addition, vendors in Battambang had significantly higher (p < 0.05) levels of perceived capability, opportunity, and motivation to implement the target food safety practice in comparison to farmers in either province. Vendors in Battambang had significantly higher (p < 0.05) levels of perceived opportunity and motivation than vendors in Siem Reap.ConclusionsThese data suggest that efforts to bolster vegetable vendors' and distributors' perceived opportunity and vegetable farmers' perceived opportunity and capability to implement food safety practices could increase the likelihood of adoption of the target food safety practice.

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