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Table 1

Literature audit linking prior evidence to the objective and to domain and item decisions

Motivational domain	Conceptual definition in local smallholder food context	Theory-facing rationale	Illustrative support from literature
Quality and taste	Preference based on expected freshness and superior sensory experience of local smallholder foods	Superior intrinsic attributes increase expected utility and reduce perceived product risk	Feldmann and Hamm (2015), Memery et al. (2015), Kovács et al. (2022), Benedek and Fertő (2024)
Local patriotism	Buying local smallholder foods to support local producers and community and to express place attachment	Place attachment and identity related helping behaviour guide pro local choices	Skallerud and Wien (2019), Granzin and Olsen (1998), Memery et al. (2015), Kovács et al. (2022)
Provenance	Motivation rooted in origin cues, heritage, and authenticity, including the product's story of place that adds value beyond distance	Origin cues shape perceived value and trust; provenance acts as a meaning and quality signal	Thøgersen (2023), D'Amico (2004), Berg and Sevón (2014), Figueiredo et al. (2022), László and Wahlen (2024)
Fashion	Choosing local smallholder foods because it feels trendy, socially valued, or novel, and can be experienced as shareable	Social influence and signalling increase adoption; digitally mediated contexts can amplify symbolic meanings	Özkan Önem et al. (2025), Leong et al. (2021), Nyagadza et al. (2023), Anwar et al. (2025), Bukhari et al. (2020, 2023)
Personal contact with the producer	Preference based on direct interaction with producers, trust building, and access to credible first-hand information	Relational proximity and trust reduce uncertainty and strengthen loyalty intentions	Forney and Häberli (2016), Jia et al. (2024), László and Wahlen (2024)
Environmental protection and sustainability	Motivation grounded in perceived environmental benefits, such as lower transport burden, less waste, or responsible production meanings	Moral and normative beliefs and perceived impact translate into more sustainable choices	Enthoven and Van den Broeck (2021), Jia et al. (2024), Benedek and Fertő (2024)
Health consciousness	Preference driven by perceived naturalness, lower processing, and alignment with personal health goals	Health goals and perceived naturalness guide food choice and justify higher effort or price	Memery et al. (2015), Moser et al. (2011), Kovács et al. (2022)

Motivational domain	Conceptual definition in local smallholder food context	Theory-facing rationale	Illustrative support from literature
Quality and taste	Preference based on expected freshness and superior sensory experience of local smallholder foods	Superior intrinsic attributes increase expected utility and reduce perceived product risk	Feldmann and Hamm (2015), Memery et al. (2015), Kovács et al. (2022), Benedek and Fertő (2024)
Local patriotism	Buying local smallholder foods to support local producers and community and to express place attachment	Place attachment and identity related helping behaviour guide pro local choices	Skallerud and Wien (2019), Granzin and Olsen (1998), Memery et al. (2015), Kovács et al. (2022)
Provenance	Motivation rooted in origin cues, heritage, and authenticity, including the product's story of place that adds value beyond distance	Origin cues shape perceived value and trust; provenance acts as a meaning and quality signal	Thøgersen (2023), D'Amico (2004), Berg and Sevón (2014), Figueiredo et al. (2022), László and Wahlen (2024)
Fashion	Choosing local smallholder foods because it feels trendy, socially valued, or novel, and can be experienced as shareable	Social influence and signalling increase adoption; digitally mediated contexts can amplify symbolic meanings	Özkan Önem et al. (2025), Leong et al. (2021), Nyagadza et al. (2023), Anwar et al. (2025), Bukhari et al. (2020, 2023)
Personal contact with the producer	Preference based on direct interaction with producers, trust building, and access to credible first-hand information	Relational proximity and trust reduce uncertainty and strengthen loyalty intentions	Forney and Häberli (2016), Jia et al. (2024), László and Wahlen (2024)
Environmental protection and sustainability	Motivation grounded in perceived environmental benefits, such as lower transport burden, less waste, or responsible production meanings	Moral and normative beliefs and perceived impact translate into more sustainable choices	Enthoven and Van den Broeck (2021), Jia et al. (2024), Benedek and Fertő (2024)
Health consciousness	Preference driven by perceived naturalness, lower processing, and alignment with personal health goals	Health goals and perceived naturalness guide food choice and justify higher effort or price	Memery et al. (2015), Moser et al. (2011), Kovács et al. (2022)

Source(s): Authors' editing