Boon or bane? Urban food security and online food purchasing during the COVID-19 epidemic in Nanjing, China
Land
; 11(6), 2022.
Article
in English
| CAB Abstracts | ID: covidwho-2055290
ABSTRACT
This paper examines the relationship between the rapid growth of online food purchasing and household food security during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in China using the city of Nanjing as a case study. The paper presents the results of an online survey of 968 households in Nanjing in March 2020 focused on their food purchasing behavior and levels of food security during the early weeks of the pandemic. While online food purchasing has increased rapidly in many countries during the COVID-19 pandemic, little research attention has been paid to the relationship between online food purchasing and household food security. This paper provides detailed insights into this relationship in China. The medium- and longer-term food security and other consequences of the pandemic pivot to online food purchasing are a fertile area for future research in China and elsewhere.
Social Psychology and Social Anthropology [UU485]; Food Economics [EE116]; Marketing and Distribution [EE700]; Consumer Economics [EE720]; Information and Documentation [CC300]; food security; food purchasing; pandemics; on line; urban areas; purchasing habits; consumer behaviour; China; APEC countries; East Asia; Asia; high Human Development Index countries; upper-middle income countries; People's Republic of China; consumer behavior; behavior
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Land
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2022
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