The impact of COVID-19 on consumers' eating and purchasing habits of agricultural products in China: key determinants and policy implications
Abstract Background The study looks at a changed in consumer’s eating and purchasing habits during COVID-19 period. There are several modes of transmission but transmission through food as being speculated is one area that has not been confirmed through research. The study, therefore, looks at how s...
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| description | Abstract Background The study looks at a changed in consumer’s eating and purchasing habits during COVID-19 period. There are several modes of transmission but transmission through food as being speculated is one area that has not been confirmed through research. The study, therefore, looks at how speculations about COVID-19 spreading through food has affected consumers' eating and purchasing habits. This study through probit model analysed how consumers' eating and purchasing habits have been influenced. Results The result shows that age, gender and education have negatively influenced consumer’s eating and purchasing habits during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to pre-pandemic period. The preference for imported food items, preference for frozen food, been infected or knowing someone who has been infected by the virus, and been infected through agricultural source or knowing someone who has been infected by the COVID-19 through agricultural source have negatively affected consumers' eating and purchasing habits compared to pre-pandemic period. The result, however, suggests that consumers who trust in the cold-chain food systems ability to limit the spread of the COVID-19 still maintain a positive eating and purchasing habits. Conclusions The study provides evidence on the impact of COVID-19 on consumer’s eating and purchasing habits. Therefore, there is the need to institute proper sanitary measures, especially at cold-chain food systems to help curb the spread and also boost consumers’ confidence. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1e35fa5c917740339c59010c5bcb236c2022-12-22T04:09:15ZengSpringerOpenBulletin of the National Research Centre2522-83072022-01-014611810.1186/s42269-021-00694-9The impact of COVID-19 on consumers' eating and purchasing habits of agricultural products in China: key determinants and policy implicationsThomas Bilaliib Udimal0Zhiyuan Peng1Mingcan Luo2Yan Liu3School of Economics and Management, Southwest Forestry UniversitySchool of Economics and Management, Southwest Forestry UniversitySchool of Economics and Management, Southwest Forestry UniversitySchool of Economics and Management, Southwest Forestry UniversityAbstract Background The study looks at a changed in consumer’s eating and purchasing habits during COVID-19 period. There are several modes of transmission but transmission through food as being speculated is one area that has not been confirmed through research. The study, therefore, looks at how speculations about COVID-19 spreading through food has affected consumers' eating and purchasing habits. This study through probit model analysed how consumers' eating and purchasing habits have been influenced. Results The result shows that age, gender and education have negatively influenced consumer’s eating and purchasing habits during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to pre-pandemic period. The preference for imported food items, preference for frozen food, been infected or knowing someone who has been infected by the virus, and been infected through agricultural source or knowing someone who has been infected by the COVID-19 through agricultural source have negatively affected consumers' eating and purchasing habits compared to pre-pandemic period. The result, however, suggests that consumers who trust in the cold-chain food systems ability to limit the spread of the COVID-19 still maintain a positive eating and purchasing habits. Conclusions The study provides evidence on the impact of COVID-19 on consumer’s eating and purchasing habits. Therefore, there is the need to institute proper sanitary measures, especially at cold-chain food systems to help curb the spread and also boost consumers’ confidence.https://doi.org/10.1186/s42269-021-00694-9COVID-19EatingPurchasingAgricultural productsPreference |
| spellingShingle | Thomas Bilaliib Udimal Zhiyuan Peng Mingcan Luo Yan Liu The impact of COVID-19 on consumers' eating and purchasing habits of agricultural products in China: key determinants and policy implications Bulletin of the National Research Centre COVID-19 Eating Purchasing Agricultural products Preference |
| title | The impact of COVID-19 on consumers' eating and purchasing habits of agricultural products in China: key determinants and policy implications |
| title_full | The impact of COVID-19 on consumers' eating and purchasing habits of agricultural products in China: key determinants and policy implications |
| title_fullStr | The impact of COVID-19 on consumers' eating and purchasing habits of agricultural products in China: key determinants and policy implications |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of COVID-19 on consumers' eating and purchasing habits of agricultural products in China: key determinants and policy implications |
| title_short | The impact of COVID-19 on consumers' eating and purchasing habits of agricultural products in China: key determinants and policy implications |
| title_sort | impact of covid 19 on consumers eating and purchasing habits of agricultural products in china key determinants and policy implications |
| topic | COVID-19 Eating Purchasing Agricultural products Preference |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s42269-021-00694-9 |
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