Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Sustainable Food Systems: Lessons Learned for Public Policies? The Case of Poland

Dudek, Michał; Śpiewak, Ruta

doi:10.3390/agriculture12010061

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“…As social scientists, we need to perform further research on the ways in which young people's time perspectives are influenced by socioeconomic conditions and by global uncertainty, including disruptions in the food system [59]. We need also to consider the need for social science to review its potential contribution, in particular the feasibility of its methods given the constraints of global crises.…”

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Thinking about the Future: Young People in Low-Income Families

Brannen¹,

O’Connell²

2022

Societies

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This paper examines the orientations to the future of young people living in low-income families in the U.K. and Portugal following the 2008 Global Financial Crisis and the contexts in which they are socially reproduced. It is based on data from comparative research on families and food poverty, funded by the European Research Council. The study focused on parents and young people aged 11–16 living in low-income families in three European countries (the U.K., Portugal and Norway); only the U.K. and Portuguese data were analysed here. Given the study was concerned with the consequences of low income for food insecurity, we primarily sought to understand how young people manage in the present; however, the project also affords a theoretical and methodological opportunity to explore young people’s thoughts about the future as they begin to transition to adulthood. We found that, when asked about the future, young people responded in different ways: some said they did not think about the future; others mentioned their dreams, but considered them unrealisable. while others expressed hopes that were more concrete and achievable. Precarity constrained the control that young people and their families exercised over their lives. We argue that young people’s aspirations and time horizons are framed in relation to the present and the temporalities of the life course, the public discourses to which they are subjected and the limited access of their families to resources provided by the labour market and the state.

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Thinking about the Future: Young People in Low-Income Families

Brannen¹,

O’Connell²

2022

Societies

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“…This method is appropriate for use when there is a concern about heterogeneity, as it is robust to omitted variables, endogeneity, non-stationarity, and cross-sectional dependence, among other characteristics ( 80 , 81 ). This approach proposes that the conventional ARDL approach be supplemented by including their lags, dependent variable, and cross-section averages of covariates in addition to the traditional ARDL approach.…”

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Economic-Environmental Law Guarantee of the Green and Sustainable Development: Role of Health Expenditure and Innovation

Yang

2022

Front. Public Health

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Environmental regulation is a tool for teaching social and fiscal development that is carbon neutral. The highly polluting food industry in China is a threat to the country's long-term environmental stability and affects public health in a significant way. Therefore, this study investigates the effect of environmental parameters on environmental quality in China's food industry using the cross-sectionally augmented ARDL (CS-ARDL) model over the period of 2010 to 2019. We find that environmental regulations negatively and significantly impact environmental quality. The U-shape relationship exists between environmental regulation and environmental quality. Moreover, government expenditure on health and technological innovation reduces carbon emissions. The study's findings suggest new policy implications supporting the Porter Hypothesis. Finally, this paper offers policy suggestions for China's food industry to enhance its environmental performance.

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“…In addition, another emerging problem concerns the availability of labor in the agri-food sector, where substantial labor constraints have been experienced [52,53]. In general, the pandemic has also brought about a change in food consumption patterns in households; numerous studies have highlighted the change in food consumption patterns during confinement in different regions of the world [54][55][56][57].…”

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How Has the COVID-19 Pandemic Affected the Different Branches of the Agri-Food Industry in Extremadura (Spain)?

Sama-Berrocal

Martínez-Azúa

2022

Land

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The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the world economy since 2020. This study analyzed the impact of the pandemic on innovative agri-food companies from different branches of agro-industrial activity located in Extremadura (Spain). The main aim of this study was to determine which activities have been most affected. Differences between actions and changes made depending on the nature of the product, process, or services were also evaluated. The information was obtained from an online questionnaire in which the research questions were posed (what consequences, actions, or changes has the pandemic had on the development of firms’ activities?). Data were analyzed descriptively, and a statistical study was conducted on the existence or absence of independence between effects and actions based on the branches of activity of agri-food industries. The main results showed that companies’ financial (decrease in turnover and reduction/displacement of product demand) and operational functioning (difficulty in marketing activities and standstill/decline in the fiscal year) has mainly been affected. In response, innovative agro-industries have acted regarding their processes (increased ICT use and new marketing strategies) and procedures (implementation of stricter hygienic-sanitary protocols and reorganization of activities and personnel) to deal with the negative effects on their activities. In general, all agro-industrial branches have incorporated changes in their products and services, mainly by providing new and better customer benefits, and improving product formats and forms of payment to suppliers. These findings provide information for the regional public administration in the development of initiatives that mitigate the negative effects of the pandemic and favor the implementation of actions that help the adaptation of agro-industrial activities. Agricultural policies should incorporate specialized measures to ensure the global sustainability of the food and agriculture system and the supply and production.

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Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Sustainable Food Systems: Lessons Learned for Public Policies? The Case of Poland

Cited by 45 publications

References 27 publications

Thinking about the Future: Young People in Low-Income Families

Thinking about the Future: Young People in Low-Income Families

Economic-Environmental Law Guarantee of the Green and Sustainable Development: Role of Health Expenditure and Innovation

How Has the COVID-19 Pandemic Affected the Different Branches of the Agri-Food Industry in Extremadura (Spain)?

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