The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on food waste behaviour of young people

Burlea‐Schiopoiu, Adriana; Ogarcă, Radu Florin; Barbu, Cătălin Mihail; Crăciun, Liviu; Baloi, Ionut Cosmin; Mihai, Laurentiu

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.126333

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“…No clear differences were found in relation to sociodemographic variables. This is contrary to other studies suggesting relevant differences between age groups in the case of external shocks, such as climate change (Andor et al, 2018;Burlea-Schiopoiu et al, 2021). In this sense, it seems that the impact of the pandemic on the assessment of certain preferences and beliefs was not decisive to change them.…”

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The Effects of COVID-19 on Beef Consumer Preferences and Beliefs in Colombia: A Logit Model Approach

Ramirez¹,

Charry

Díaz

et al. 2021

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has brought impacts on the food system in several ways, such as on the supply and demand of food or changes in consumer preferences. However, little is known yet about these effects but needs to be analyzed to define actions and policies for crisis mitigation and achieving food system resilience and food security. In this article, we estimate the effect of the COVID-19 lockdown on changes in food consumer preferences in Colombia, applying a logit model approach for seven attributes, namely animal welfare, environmental sustainability, information on the origin and manufacturing of food, food appearance, food price, fair payment to the producer, and food packaging. In addition, we provide an analysis of changes in beef consumption during the lockdown, since the beef industry is among Colombia's most important agricultural activities and is heavily affected by substitution effects. Our results show that consumer beliefs regarding these attributes remained mostly stable, but that income is a determining factor for the decision to consume certain types of food, such as beef, rather than for possible changes in beliefs. This means that income ends up being decisive for the consumption of food such as beef and that, for its part, it does not have a greater weight in the change of beliefs of the people surveyed. The results will help the food system actors in defining interventions for achieving food security and resilience.

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The Effects of COVID-19 on Beef Consumer Preferences and Beliefs in Colombia: A Logit Model Approach

Ramirez¹,

Charry

Díaz

et al. 2021

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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“…Young consumers are more concerned about the economic aspects than the health and environmental concerns of food waste [ 37 ]. Furthermore, the young consumer may not optimize their food consumption as they are not familiar with the reusing of leftover food [ 38 ].…”

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Sustainability of Household Food Waste Reduction: A Fresh Insight on Youth’s Emotional and Cognitive Behaviors

Attiq

Chau

Bashir

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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The sustainability of food waste is one of the most important contemporary economic, social, and environmental issues that encompasses useful academic, practical, and policymaking implications. Under the domain of sustainability, food waste is a serious global challenge with a growing public, political, and corporate concern. Existing literature regarding the sensitization of consumers and the promotion of waste cautious behaviors still has much room for improvement in household waste. To bridge the gap in the literature, this study identifies and examines determinants of young consumers’ food waste reduction behavior in households. Using a sample size of 391 young consumers of household food products from Pakistan, a full-scaled administrative survey is conducted, and our hypotheses are empirically tested by using the PLS structural modeling equation. Our findings reveal significant impacts from both cognitive and emotional aspects on sustainable food waste reduction behavior. Our results have several important implications for policymakers and all the stakeholders, especially for marketers, including advertising strategies, policies to mitigate the impact of food waste, and the development of educational programs related to food waste.

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“…It has been reported that COVID-19 (the disease itself as well as measures implemented to control its spread) has negatively impacted the global food system in a multitude of ways [2,13]. Broadly, factors leading to or causing food insecurity linked to the current pandemic include but are not limited to the reduction in food production/availability/ demand [14,15], increased food waste, especially at harvest time or in markets [16][17][18], and labour shortages in the various sectors of the food system, as well as job and income losses [19,20]. As the pandemic brought additional workload for women in family care and formal and informal healthcare [13], it also added an additional pressure on their capacity in all pillars of food security as they were disproportionately affected by the socioeconomic fallout (job and livelihood losses) [8].…”

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The Effects of Pandemics on the Vulnerability of Food Security in West Africa—A Scoping Review

Vasseur

VanVolkenburg

Vandeplas³

et al. 2021

Sustainability

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The purpose of this paper was to show the effects of the Ebola and COVID-19 pandemics on food security vulnerability in West Africa. The methodology is based on a scoping literature review using the PRISMA method. The study showed that food security was affected by the restrictive measures in the different West African countries. In addition, it shows that this region is highly vulnerable to such crises, which can combine their effects with those of other events such as climate change and civil unrest. In both pandemics, all pillars of food security were affected. The effects on urban and rural centers may be very different. The study suggests a better understanding of the differences between rural and urban centers and between men and women and how long-term restraint measures can affect rural areas where agriculture is the main lever for reducing food insecurity. Food security must be seriously considered by governments when implementing restrictive measures during a pandemic. Consideration of health factors alone at the expense of food security can greatly exacerbate health problems and even increase cases of disease.

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The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on food waste behaviour of young people

Cited by 101 publications

References 72 publications

The Effects of COVID-19 on Beef Consumer Preferences and Beliefs in Colombia: A Logit Model Approach

The Effects of COVID-19 on Beef Consumer Preferences and Beliefs in Colombia: A Logit Model Approach

Sustainability of Household Food Waste Reduction: A Fresh Insight on Youth’s Emotional and Cognitive Behaviors

The Effects of Pandemics on the Vulnerability of Food Security in West Africa—A Scoping Review

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