Sustainability of the agri-food supply chain amidst the pandemic: Diversification, local input production, and consumer behavior

Nchanji, Eileen Bogweh; Lutomia, Cosmas Kweyu

doi:10.1016/bs.af2s.2021.07.003

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“…Owning a garden or participating in forms of community supported agriculture, such as community gardens, have been seen as ways to counteract hardships or to keep up a particular lifestyle [2,[22][23][24][25][26]. Furthermore, these can be described as forms of prominent horticultural activities that are not only beneficial to mental and physical wellbeing, but are also strongly based on self-sufficiency, DIY and healthy living [2,19,[27][28][29][30].…”

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Exploring Key Factors Determining US Consumer Preferences for Growing over Buying Fruit in Pre-Covidian and Covidian Times

2021

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This study provides insights for managers in the food retail sector, the horticultural industry, actors involved in community gardening and farmers’ markets. It proposes a model that investigates key factors determining US consumer preferences for growing fruit over buying it in pre-Covidian and Covidian times. For this purpose, an online survey with a sample of 383 US residents was conducted. Partial least squares structural equation modelling shows that subjective knowledge about fruit and the perceived impact of COVID-19 are the most important drivers of preferences for growing over buying in Covidian times. The impact of COVID-19 had no relevance for the pre-Covidian times. For both scenarios, only age and gender as socio-demographic factors were found to influence subjective knowledge and the perceived impact of COVID-19. Other sociodemographic factors were not found to have any impact.

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