Special Eurobarometer 389: Europeans’ attitudes towards food security, food quality and the countryside

This survey shows that EU citizens understand that food security is a global issue, with a large majority expressing concern at the challenge of feeding the world’s growing population. Attitudes to food quality vary by Member State and price is an almost equally important consideration for many. However, although there is an improvement compared to previous years, only a minority of EU citizens recognise the logos introduced by the EU to ensure the quality and origin of certain types of food products. Finally, there is a broad consensus across most Member States and socio-demographic groups that agriculture plays a beneficial role and makes a positive contribution to the preservation of rural areas.

The results by volumes are distributed as follows:

• Volume A: Countries
• Volume AA: Groups of countries
• Volume A' (AP): Trends
• Volume AA' (AAP): Trends of groups of countries
• Volume B: EU/socio-demographics
• Volume B' (BP) : Trends of EU/ socio-demographics
• Volume C: Country/socio-demographics

Researchers may also contact GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences: https://www.gesis.org/eurobarometer