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The outbreak of COVID-19 has posed formidable challenges to the food industry, exacerbating threats to food security worldwide. In response to this crisis, this comprehensive review systematically maps the existing literature concerning sustaina[...]Article
The COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian-Ukrainian war have significantly impacted global supply chains, including the food supply chain, in numerous countries. As one of the leading wheat importers, Egypt has been adversely affected by the simulta[...]Article
Online presence is essential for companies operating in the social economy. The health crisis resulting from Covid-19 has reinforced the need to access the Internet and develop online commerce. This paper analyses the online presence of Catalan [...]Article
Contract farming (CF) as a sustainable practice has expanded rapidly, bringing numerous benefits to both the agribusiness industry and farmers, as well as the broader economy; CF is also considered a vehicle to tackle the challenges in sustainab[...]Article
Historically, pandemics lead to labor shortages, and the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020-21 proved to be no different. While there are many explanations for supply-chain issues reported in a number of industries, the proximate cause for ongoing proble[...]Article
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D. Paudel ; R.C. Neupane ; S. Sigdel ; P. Poudel ; A.R. Khanal |Global food security is a worldwide concern. Food insecurity is a significant threat to poverty and hunger eradication goals. Agriculture is one of the focal points in the global policy agenda. Increases in agricultural productivity through the [...]Article
COVID-19 has resulted in a shock to agrifood systems around the world, with the potential for low- and middle-income countries to be particularly affected. Although policy responses were more muted than during the 2007-2008 world food crisis, ef[...]Article
Our broad aim was to systematically analyse research on the effect of COVID-19 on smallholder farming during 2019-2021 and to discuss how the research could be beneficial to smallholder farm resilience to future pandemics. The review methods wer[...]Article
Food supply chains (FSCs) have long been exposed to environmental variability and shock events caused by various economic, political, and infrastructural factors. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has further exposed and identified the vulne[...]Série
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Léconomie grecque a rebondi après la crise liée au COVID-19, ce qui sest traduit par une croissance vigoureuse de lemploi. Les mesures daide prises par les pouvoirs publics, la mise en uvre du plan pour la reprise et la résilience baptisé «[...]Série
Alongside a fast recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, macroeconomic policies and high commodity prices have contributed to surging inflation, growing external imbalances and implicit liabilities. These vulnerabilities reduce the economys resili[...]Article
M. Masotti ; S. van der Haar ; A. Janssen ; E. Iori ; G. Zeinstra ; H. Bos-Brouwers ; M. Vittuari |Since COVID-19 outbreak, States adopted different combinations of measures to restrain its spread that affected individual behaviors and the already fragile local and global food systems. The aim of this research is to contribute to the scientif[...]E-Book
C. Béné, ed. ; S. Devereux, ed. | Cham [Suisse] : Palgrave Macmillan | Palgrave Studies in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy | 2023This open access book compiles a series of chapters written by internationally recognized experts known for their in-depth but critical views on questions of resilience and food security. The book assesses rigorously and critically the contribut[...]Série
This decade has been marked by multiple, often overlapping, crises. The COVID-19 pandemic, natural disasters, and the ongoing war in Ukraine have all threatened the fabric of our global food systems. But opportunities can be found amid crises, a[...]Article
T. Stanisic ; S. Lazarevic ; N. Pantic ; M. Lekovic |The Covid-19 pandemic has brought numerous economic challenges to countries around the world. The specificities of certain economy sectors determined the character and intensity of the impact of this health crisis on their results. The purpose o[...]Article
T.T. Le ; X.H. Kieu ; A. Behl ; V. Pereira |The global supply chain experienced unprecedented disruption due to the Covid-19 crisis in a dynamic world. Consequently, this situation has resulted in many businesses' discontinuity or closure due to disruptions that seriously affect the possi[...]Article
A. Saidi ; L. Bouhid ; C. Napoleone ; F. El Hadad-Gauthier ; S. Moussalim ; A. Alj |Cet article vise à évaluer la durabilité de la chaîne dapprovisionnement en fruits et légumes (CAF & L) de la ville de Meknès au Maroc dans le contexte de la crise sanitaire du Covid-19. Durant cette crise, de nouvelles pratiques dachat plus d[...]Article
G. Scozzafava ; C. Contini ; F. Gerini ; L. Casini |This study analyses the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on food consumption at the end of the first lockdown in the New York State (USA) and in Italy (spring 2020). The results of our study show that important changes occurred in food habits in[...]Article
Over the past decades, short food supply chains attracted government and public support owing to their potential to mitigate some of the sustainability issues associated with the conventional globalized food supply system. The recent event of th[...]Article
The COVID-19 outbreak adversely impacted agri-food supply chains and caused a severe socio-economic crisis worldwide. Preventive measures taken by several countries have affected production and distribution. Moreover, producers have had to face [...]Article
The purpose of this research is to study transaction costs and their antecedents, in relation to the willingness to buy groceries online in Italy, and to observe the effect of Covid-19 is having in those. The study used a positivist deductive ap[...]Article
A. Rejeb ; K. Rejeb ; A. Appolloni ; M. Iranmanesh ; H. Treiblmaier ; S. Jagtap |Recently, the food supply chain (FSC) has been severely disrupted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, putting the vital flow of food products from farmers and producers to the ultimate consumers at risk. Furthermore, due to the pandemic, several food [...]Article
J. Helfenstein ; M. Bürgi ; N. Debonne ; T. Dimopoulos ; V. Diogo ; W. Dramstad ; A. Edlinger ; M. García-Martín ; J. Hernik ; T. Kizos ; A. Lausch ; C. Levers ; F. Mohr ; G. Moreno ; R. Pazur ; M. Siegrist ; R. Swart ; C. Thenail ; P.H. Verburg ; T.G. Williams ; A. Zarina ; F. Herzog |It has been shown that the COVID-19 pandemic affected some agricultural systems more than others, and even within geographic regions, not all farms were affected to the same extent. To build resilience of agricultural systems to future shocks, i[...]Article
Food waste is one of the most important concerns in modern societies. This is because food waste has a negative impact on the environment, society and the economy. In Greece, research on consumer behaviour and food waste is still nascent. In rec[...]Article
Souvent on se réfère aux crises comme étant des fenêtres dopportunités. Mais celles-ci ne peuvent être saisies que sil y a une volonté politique de surmonter les défis, commensurable à la magnitude de la transformation qui savère nécessaire.[...]Article
G. Maesano ; M. Hamam ; B. Pecorino ; G. Pappalardo ; M. D'Amico ; G. Chinnici |The fresh-cut sector has shown a positive trend in recent years, due to the ease of use and the increasing innovation in the quality and safety features of these products. However, in Italy, a negative trend was observed during the lockdown Co[...]Article
Food waste has adverse economic, social, and environmental impacts and increases the prevalence of food insecurity. Panic buying at the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak raised serious concerns about a potential rise in food waste levels and hi[...]Article
Home confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic has been accompanied by dramatic changes in household food dynamics that can significantly influence health. This systematic literature review presents parental perspectives of the impact of COVID-19[...]Article
Consumers have begun questioning the global agri-food system, seeking more sustainable alternatives to the conventional mode of food supply. Alternative food networks have been spreading globally, the predominant form of which is known as short [...]Article
The objective of this paper is to combine cross-commodity and spatial price transmission analysis to study the dynamics of the global cereal feed market during the COVID-19 pandemic. After reviewing the nascent literature on the impact of COVID-[...]Article
The current food system is directly associated with food insecurity, malnutrition, food waste, and environmental impacts. The international community has been working on sustainability, and the enhancement of sustainable food consumption is a fu[...]Article
The COVID-19 pandemic has rapidly disrupted the household behavior in all areas and also those related to eating and daily food. Research carried out shows there have been significant changes compared to pre-COVID levels in the way consumers pla[...]Article
La crise sanitaire de 2020 et le confinement ont engendré un élan des Français vers les circuits alimentaires courts de proximité : tendance durable ou simple parenthèse ? Cette étude longitudinale montre que ce sont plus particulièrement les mo[...]Article
I.C. Muresan ; R. Harun ; A.M. Brata ; V.D. Brata ; D.I. Chiciudean ; O.P. Tirpe ; A. Porutiu ; D.E. Dumitras |Crisis periods such as the COVID-19 pandemic may reshape consumers behavior and challenge all food chain actors on how to assure and better respond to consumers needs and wants. This study aimed to reveal the main concerns of consumers related[...]Article
In 2020, the world suffered a sudden economic recession resulting from an unprecedented health crisis due to Covid-19 that confined millions of people to their homes and shut down all non-essential activities. Countries have rapidly realised how[...]Article
E. Stephens ; J. Timsina ; G. Martin ; M. van Wijk ; L. Klerkx ; P. Reidsma ; V. Snow |CONTEXT In May 2020, approximately four months into the COVID-19 pandemic, the journal's editorial team realized there was an opportunity to collect information from a diverse range of agricultural systems on how the pandemic was playing out and[...]Article
Background: Peoples dietary and lifestyle habits appeared to be influenced by restrictive measures imposed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This study examines the differences in dietary and lifestyle habits during and after the lockdown m[...]Article
In the pursuit of sustainability and competitiveness, digital aspects of the tourism experience become increasingly more significant and wine tourism is no exception to this. Still, studies building on established concepts and sustainable practi[...]Article
La crise sanitaire et linsécurité alimentaire engendrée par la guerre en Ukraine soulignent lurgence de reconquérir la souveraineté alimentaire française et européenne. Le syndicalisme agricole se mobilise pour atteindre cet objectif.Article
Supporting agri-food SMEs in Italy in the post-COVID-19 context: from Horizon 2020 to Horizon Europe
C. Zarbà ; S. Bracco ; B. Pecorino ; G. Pappalardo ; G. Chinnici ; M. D'Amico |In recent decades, European policy has targeted specific measures towards SMEs. The recently concluded Horizon 2020 Programme, under the Europe 2020 Strategy, has provided economic support to stimulate competitiveness and boost the economy of me[...]Article
In the rising post COVID-19 period the world is different not only from the economic point of view but also from the social and cultural point, including the selection of goods, and foods by the new customers. Wine is a major daily drink world[...]Article
Consumers characteristics and attitudes towards organic food products in times of Covid-19 pandemic
The pandemic caused by the Covid-19 virus significantly affected the consumers behavior. The subject of the paper is to analyze the consumer characteristics, the consumer attitudes towards organic food products, as well as the changes in the co[...]Article
The objective of this paper is to explore the policies that have been implemented and planned in relation to the impacts that the COVID-19 health crisis has had on the Italian food system. This is an evaluation exercise useful to understand what[...]Article
R.P.F. Guiné ; S.G. Florença ; D.T.V.A. Costa ; S. Celik ; M. Ferreira ; A.P. Cardoso ; S. Cetin ; C.A. Costa |This research aimed to study consumers trends and the consumption of foods obtained through organic farming in two different countries, Portugal and Turkey. A questionnaire survey was used, applied through internet tools as a result of COVID-19[...]Article
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 (Spai[...]Article
The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic had a great impact on the agricultural sector, especially in developing countries. In particular, it caused exceptional challenges to small and local-scale farmers. Field questionnaires and interv[...]Article
A. Costa ; J. Soares ; E. Salas-Leiton ; A. Bordalo ; S. Costa-Dias |The fisheries industry has been one of the most immediate and severely impacted sectors by the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns in particular. This study aimed to gather detailed information about the new initiatives that, preferentially on an on[...]Article
N. Fava ; V.R. Lagana ; A. Nicolosi |The pandemic has accelerated the search for innovative product/process/service solutions in city markets as well as the search for open innovation challenges more in line with current needs. The aim of the research is to understand the adaptat[...]Article
V. Chatellier ; F. Cadudal ; P. Chotteau ; B. Duflot ; P. Heydemann |En modifiant la structure de la demande en types de produits animaux du fait de laugmentation de la consommation à domicile au détriment de la restauration hors foyer, la pandémie de Covid-19 a exigé une forte adaptation des acteurs de la trans[...]Article
S. Mirto ; V. Montalto ; M.C.M. Mangano ; F. Ape ; M. Berlino ; C. La Marca ; M. Lucchese ; G. Maricchiolo ; M. Martinez ; A. Rinaldi ; S.M.C. Terzo ; I. Celic ; P. Galli ; G. Sarà |From the beginning of March 2020 and for the following two and half months, many European countries comprising Italy have been forced into an unprecedented lockdown, allowing only the opening of essential economic activities needed to address th[...]Article
H.H. Khan ; M.N. Malik ; Z. Konecná ; A.G. Chofreh ; F.A. Goni ; J.J. Klemes |This study aims to investigate blockchain technology for agricultural supply chains during the COVID-19 pandemic. Benefits and solutions are identified for the smooth conduction of agricultural supply chains during COVID-19 using blockchain. Thi[...]Article
Galicia is one of Spain's leading regions regarding agricultural and livestock production. In the light of the COVID-19 crisis, the permeability to the economic shocks of these sectors led to an unprecedented recession, given the heterogeneity o[...]Article
The world is changing rapidly in the age of Coronavirus. The long period of deprivation, economic austerity and anxiety that is foreseen will usher new consumer attitudes and behaviors, which will change the nature of todays capitalism. There a[...]Article
La pandémie en contraignant le quotidien, en limitant laccès aux aliments et aux marques habituellement consommés et en étant génératrice de stress économique et psychologique pose la question du changement des comportements de consommation ali[...]Article
Le marché des produits biologiques est en pleine secousse sismique, avec un repli de la consommation sans précédent. La crise semble plus profonde qu'un simple déséquilibre offre/demande, les facteurs sont multiples. Pour autant, experts comme o[...]Article
Providing farmers with essential agricultural information and training in the era of COVID-19 has been a challenge that has prompted a renewed interest in digital extension services. There is a distinct gender gap, however, between mens and wom[...]Article
F. Alban ; P. Le Floc'h ; F. Daurès ; O. Guyader ; O. Thébaud |La crise liée à la pandémie de Covid-19 a affecté lindustrie de la pêche française par des perturbations du marché, tant du côté de loffre que de la demande. Cet article se concentre sur la mesure des impacts de ces perturbations sur les halle[...]Article
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced companies to suddenly adapt their daily operations. This has also affected the agri-food sector, which is one of the main sectors of the Spanish economy in terms of exportations. Hence, the purpose of this study [...]Article
M. Ovidiu Tanase ; R. Dina ; F.-L. Isac ; S. Rusu ; P. Nistoreanu ; C.N. Mirea |In the last decades, wine tourism (WT) has been a topic of study, especially for researchers from large producer countries. The relationship between wine tourism and rural tourism (RT) has been approached from many angles in the past. Ranking si[...]Article
E. Raptou ; K. Mattas ; E. Tsakiridou ; G. Baourakis |The present study explored COVID-19 outbreak impacts on the food system in terms of agro-food production, distribution networks efficiency, and emerging food consumption patterns according to food experts' perspectives. Individual level data wer[...]Article
D. Recchia ; P. Rollet ; M. Perignon ; N. Bricas ; S. Vonthron ; C. Perrin ; C. Méjean |Background: To limit the spread of COVID-19, a strict lockdown was imposed in France between March and May 2020. Mobility limitations and closure of non-essential public places (restaurants, open-air markets, etc.) affected peoples' food environ[...]Article
This study investigates consumer experiences of food environments and food acquisition practices during the Covid-19 pandemic. Our rapid assessment online survey featured a convenience sample of 2015 individuals from 119 countries, spanning West[...]Article
Covid-19 had a negative effect economically and socially in Tunisia, as illustrated by the highest mortality rate recorded in Africa in March 2020 and the economic growth rate estimated at -9.3% by the Central Bank of Tunisia in 2020. The main c[...]Article
S. Cerroni ; R.M. Jr. Nayga ; G. Pappalardo ; W. Yang |Food values are supposed to be stable. This paper tests this assumption by comparing food values before and during the coronavirus-19 pandemic. While the ranking of food values remains very similar, there are some interesting differences in the [...]Article
LObservatoire de la production fruitière rassemble les résultats comptables dexploitations représentatives de la diversité des systèmes de culture et des bassins de production. En 2020, le résultat courant est positif mais en baisse par rappor[...]Article
G.D. Borman ; W.S. De Boef ; F. Dirks ; Y.S. Gonzalez ; A. Subedi ; M.H. Thijssen ; J. Jacobs ; T. Schrader ; S. Boyd ; H.J. Ten Hove ; E. van der Maden ; I. Koomen ; S. Assibey-Yeboah ; C. Moussa ; A. Uzamukunda ; A. Daburon ; A. Ndambi ; S. van Vugt ; J. Guijt ; J.J. Kessler ; J.W. Molenaar ; S. van Berkum |In the wake of the United Nations Food Systems Summit - the first of its kind - practitioners need to capture the abstract concept of the food system and learn how the process of transformation that they engage in contributes to food system outc[...]Article
C. Hoolohan ; S.C.O. Wertheim-Heck ; F. Devaux ; L. Domaneschi ; S. Dubuisson-Quellier ; M. Schäfer ; U.B. Wethal |COVID-19 has caused unprecedented disruption to previously settled everyday routines, prompting a period of forced experimentation as people have adjusted to rapid changes in their private and working lives. For discussions regarding consumption[...]Article
Supply chain resilience is a critical capability needed to compete in the current turbulent and unpredictable business environment, but many companies still tend to underestimate its relevance. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, understanding[...]Article
The spread of coronavirus worldwide has affected consumer behavior in many ways. This paper tries to investigate the impact of the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) on food consumption behavior of consumers. Food consumption motivation data were assessed an[...]Article
The development of Web 2.0 technologies and social media, along with the emergence of wikis, blogs, online communities, and social networks, has rapidly transformed e-commerce. This phenomenon is commonly known as social commerce, an evolution o[...]Article
Sustainability is one of the major challenges that societies are facing. The question of why and how consumer food sustainability related issues (e.g., food waste, sustainable food shopping behavior, among others) are placed on the public agenda[...]Article
A. Owida ; N.M. Galal ; A. Elrafie |This work presents a decision-making framework for integrating resilience and sustainability in managing production systems during COVID-19. An operationalization scheme manifested via a case study at a manufacturer in the food production sector[...]Article
T. Ben Hassen ; H. El Bilali ; M.S. Allahyari ; I.M. Kamel ; H. Ben Ismail ; H. Debbabi ; K. Sassi |The COVID-19 pandemic-related measures in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region have resulted in many lifestyle modifications, including changes in diet and food buying patterns among adults. However, the pandemic has impacted women and m[...]Article
Global agricultural trade, which increased at the end of 2020, has been described as resilient to the impacts of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic; however, the size and channels of its quantitative impacts are not clear. Using a reduced-form,[...]Article
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H. Filali ; N. Barsan ; D. Souguir ; V. Nedeff ; C. Tomozei ; M. Hachicha |In this paper, a comprehensive review on greywater is presented. Emphasis is given to the techniques used to treat and recover greywater, and special emphasis is placed on the risk of the existence of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 in greywa[...]Article
Access to healthy food and the introduction of sustainable nutrition practices are two important issues today. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought new challenges to food security but it has also provided opportunities for local food production. Th[...]Article
The collapse of tourism caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing many destinations to rethink their economic model, by focusing on sustainability and innovation. Advances in tourism impact assessment can not only improve tourism products and s[...]Article
Depuis sa survenue, la pandémie Covid-19 a mis en évidence la fragilité de certaines chaînes de production, du fait de leur dépendance aux importations et de leur vulnérabilité aux aléas du commerce international [1][1]Cf. Neu, Aurélien, «[...]Article
Les freins à l'achat en ligne de fruits et légumes sont-ils en train de disparaître ? Pendant des années, la performance moindre des produits frais en ligne s'expliquait par l'absence de sensorialité. Désormais, différents signaux indiquent que [...]Article
R. Martins ; C. Capitão ; M. Fialho ; R. Feteira-Santos ; A. Virgolino ; R.R. Santos ; V. Alarcão ; M. Silva ; M. Arriaga ; P. Graça ; M.J. Gregorio ; O. Santos |This study aimed to understand how beliefs and attitudes regarding COVID-19 are associated with self-perceived changes in food consumption during lockdown between March 19 and May 2, 2020. We conducted a cross-sectional study with a non-probabil[...]E-Book
A. Ouazzani Chahdi ; B. Pecqueur, préf. | Paris [France] : L'Harmattan | Harmattan le Grand Maghreb | 2022Les nouveaux enjeux de la pandémie de Covid-19 dépassent largement la seule logistique médicale. Outre les souffrances humaines considérables, cette crise a révélé l'extrême fragilité des économies mondiales. Par conséquent, cette crise a le pot[...]Article
COVID-19 has affected the functioning of food systems all over the world. This paper seeks to identify and analyse the economic, legal and institutional, as well as social effects of the pandemics outbreak on food systems, and the implications [...]Série
PNUD. Programme des Nations Unies pour le Développement. New York (États-Unis) | New York [États-Unis] : ONU - PNUD | Rapport Arabe sur le Développement Humain | 2022The 2022 Arab Human Development Report assesses the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on the Arab States regions sustainable human development trajectory. The scourge of the Covid-19 pandemic on human development has been felt well beyond the s[...]Article
D. Caso ; M. Guidetti ; M. Capasso ; N. Cavazza |With the COVID-19 outbreak, structural constraints and social psychological factors changed the dietary habits of many people. This two-wave longitudinal study performed in Italy aimed to explore people's perceptions of changes in healthy and un[...]Série
Banque Mondiale (Washington, États-Unis) | Washington [États-Unis] : Banque Mondiale | Rapport sur le Développement dans le Monde, ISSN 0163-5085 | 2022World Development Report 2022: Finance for an Equitable Recovery examines the central role of finance in the economic recovery from COVID-19. Based on an in-depth look at the consequences of the crisis most likely to affect low- and middle-incom[...]E-Book
M. Behnassi ; M.B. Baig ; M.T. Sraïri ; A.A. Alsheikh ; A.W.A. Abu Risheh | Cham [Suisse] : Springer | 2022The resilience of food systems and security to emerging challenges and threats, especially in the context of environmental and climate risks and global pandemics such as the Covid-19 crisis, is currently gaining growing importance in research, p[...]Article
Z. Ben Khadda ; S. Ezrari ; N. Radouane ; A. Boutagayout ; Z. El Housni ; H. Lahmamsi ; A. Zahri ; T. Sqalli Houssaini ; L. El Ghadraoui ; Y. Elamine ; R.P.F. Guiné |The purpose of the current study is to understand how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected eating behavior and directed toward organic food and bioproducts consumption in the North African region especially Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia as well as[...]Ouvrage
Deux ans après le surgissement de la pandémie, peut-on tirer pour lagriculture les principaux enseignements dun choc à la fois sanitaire et économique ? Ce livre entend répondre à cette question. Il aborde plusieurs dimensions des répercussio[...]Rapport, Expertise, Working Paper
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Z. Benedek ; L. Barath ; I. Ferto ; E. Merino-Gaibor ; A. Molnar ; E. Orban ; G. Nemes |The outbreak of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused unprecedented disruption to the global food distribution network (Barrett, 2020; Hobbs, 2020; Torero, 2020). Although the major impact, with the exception of those who suffered from [...]Actes de Congrès ou Communication isolée
A. Saidi ; L. Bouhid ; C. Napoleone ; F. El Hadad-Gauthier ; S. Moussalim ; A. Alj | 2022This article examines the sustainability of the supply chain of fruits and vegetables (SCF & V), in Meknes, Morocco, in relation with Covid-19 pandemic. Our methodology is based on a theoretical framework associated with the dimensions of sustai[...]Article
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Lélevage ovin a toujours été la profession et la source de revenu des pasteurs. Il apparaît, dans cette analyse, que le futur de la production ovine savère difficile lorsquon prend en considération la fermeture des marchés à bestiaux. Aussi, [...]Article
The cities around the world in general, and in the Mediterranean area in particular, are facing tremendous challenges at the environmental, social, economic, and institutional levels, due to the urbanization trend, environmental climatic changes[...]Article
M. Napoleone ; S. Breton ; J. Frayssignes ; M. Richard ; C. Spelle |La crise de la covid-19 a perturbé les habitudes des ménages et les circuits de distribution. Quels ont été les impacts pour les AOP laitières ? Quelles adaptations ont été mises en place par les acteurs pour atténuer la crise ? De nouvelles per[...]Article
La pandémie de la Covid-19 a affecté tous les secteurs de léconomie, lagriculture et lélevage ne faisant pas exception, avec lenjeu dassurer le continuum dans la production, la livraison et laccès aux denrées alimentaires. Ce dossier de la[...]Article
Y. Chiffoleau ; A. Alonso Ugaglia ; A.-C. Brit ; A. Demonceaux ; L. Dehaudt ; M. Ranoux ; G. Akermann ; Y. Deroche-Leydier |La crise de la Covid-19 est à la fois un choc important pour les systèmes alimentaires et une opportunité pour mieux les connaître. Synthèse de trois enquêtes menées dans le cadre du RMT Alimentation locale, cet article montre comment les exploi[...]Article
Le diagramme de la distribution des fruits et légumes décrit les circuits empruntés par la production française et les importations vers la consommation des ménages, la restauration, la transformation et lexportation. Les principaux flux en vol[...]Article
M. Zrnic ; N. Kilibarda ; I. Brdar ; M. Vujic ; D. Stojanovic |Food safety is of paramount importance at all times, especially in exceptional circumstances, such as pandemic COVID-19, given the fact that coronavirus is spreading rapidly and little is known about coronavirus. Protections have been strengthen[...]Article
C. Béné ; D. Bakker ; M.J. Chavarro ; B. Even ; J. Melo ; A. Sonneveld |In this paper we present the first global assessments of COVID-19's impacts on food systems and their actors, focusing specifically on the food security and nutritional status of those affected in low and middle-income countries. The assessment [...]Article
Depuis 18 mois, la crise sanitaire liée au COVID 19 affecte fortement lensemble de la filière fruits et légumes. De la production à la vente au consommateur final, tous les maillons ont été plus ou moins impactés et ont dû sadapter à de nouvel[...]Article
J. Music ; S. Charlebois ; L. Spiteri ; S. Farrell ; A. Griffin |The era of the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a variety of individual lifestyle and behavioural changes, and could, therefore, potentially involve a shift towards more sustainable food systems. This research was conducted through an online su[...]Article
K.G. Grunert ; M. De Bauw ; M. Dean ; L. Lähteenmäki ; D. Maison ; K. Pennanen ; M.A. Sandell ; K. Stasiuk ; L. Stickel ; A. Tarrega ; A. Vainio ; L. Vranken |The COVID-19 pandemic and especially the lockdowns coming with it have been a disruptive event also for food consumption. In order to study the impact of the pandemic on eating habits, self-reported changes in food-related behaviours were invest[...]Bulletin : Revue Electronique
Europe en formation (L'), n. 393 - Hiver 2021 - Priorités environnementales et gouvernance européenne : le Pacte vert européen et la pandémie de COVID-19
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This paper set out to show the impacts of COVID-19 and climate change on smallholders through the lens of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and ways to keep smallholders on the 2030 agenda. Descriptive statistical analysis of quantitative sec[...]Article
The Covid-19 crisis has shed light on two structural problems that affect a large part of the European model of industrial fruit and vegetable production, mainly in Spain and Italy: excessive dependence on foreign labour and the appalling social[...]Article
D. Skalkos ; I.S. Kosma ; E. Chasioti ; T. Bintsis ; H.C. Karantonis |In the rising new global economic and social period, after the COVID-19 pandemic, traceability is expected to be a critical parameter for the selection of foods by consumers worldwide. Accordingly, traditional foods (TFs) can become the foods of[...]Article
I.C. Muresan ; R. Harun ; F.H. Arion ; A.M. Brata ; I.A. Chereches ; G.O. Chiciudean ; D.E. Dumitras ; C.F. Oroian ; O.P. Tirpe |The COVID-19 pandemic affected consumers behavior worldwide. This paper aims to analyze consumers sustainable food behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research was based on an online survey during MayOctober 2020 among 859 Romanian con[...]Article
M. Vittuari ; M. Masotti ; E. Iori ; L. Falasconi ; T. Gallina Toschi ; A. Segré |The COVID-19 outbreak forced national governments to the adoption of social distancing and movement limitation measures aimed to reduce the diffusion of the virus and to mitigate its highly disruptive impact on the healthcare systems. Reduced in[...]Article
Olive grove biomass presents an opportunity to reduce greenhouse gases and meet the sustainability objectives set by Europe. Given the relevance of this organic matter, this paper analyzes the evolution and current situation of the regulations t[...]Article
T. Ben Hassen ; H. El Bilali ; M.S. Allahyari ; S. Berjan ; D. Karabasevic ; A. Radosavac ; G. Dasic ; R. Dervida |Stockpiling and panic buying are significant components of crisis- and disaster-related consumption behaviors that have gained significant media coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper aims to analyze the features of stockpiling behavi[...]Article
B. Adelodun ; K.Y. Kareem ; P. Kumar ; V. Kumar ; K.S. Choi ; K.K. Yadav ; A. Yadav ; A. El-Denglawey ; M. Cabral-Pinto ; C.T. Son ; S. Krishnan ; N.A. Khan |The existing finite natural resources have witnessed unsustainable usage in the past few years, especially for food production, with accompanying environmental devastation and ecosystem damage. Regrettably, the global population and consumption [...]Article
C.B. Barrett ; J. Fanzo ; M. Herrero ; D. Mason-D'Croz ; A. Mathys ; P. Thornton ; S. Wood ; T.G. Benton ; S. Fan ; L. Lawson-Lartego |The COVID-19 pandemic provides both a warning about agri-food systems' (AFS) functioning and an accelerator for AFS innovation. It revealed both the increasing frequency of extreme events and structural shortcomings with respect to access to hea[...]Article
E. Molina-Montes ; I. Uzhova ; V. Verardo ; R. Artacho ; B. García-Villanova ; E.J. Guerra-Hernández ; M. Kapsokefalou ; O. Malisova ; A. Vlassopoulos ; A. Katidi ; B. Korousic Seljak ; R. Modic ; Tome Eftimov ; I. Hren ; E. Valencic ; Z. Satalic ; I. Panjkota Krbavcic ; D. Vranesic Bender ; D. Giacalone ; M. Bom Frøst ; A. Konic Ristic ; J. Milesevic ; M. Nikolic ; E. Kolay ; M. Güney ; V. Kriaucioniene ; M. Czlapka-Matyasik ; A. Bykowska-Derda ; E. Kujundzic ; I. Taljic ; M. Brka ; I. Spiroski ; S. Cunha Velho ; S.P. Sousa Pinto ; I. Nascimento Monteiro ; J.A. Pereira ; M.D. Ruíz-López ; C. Rodríguez-Pérez |We aimed to evaluate the changes in eating behaviours of the adult population across 16 European countries due to the COVID-19 confinement and to evaluate whether these changes were somehow related to the severity of the containment measures app[...]Article
G. Nemes ; Y. Chiffoleau ; S. Zollet ; M. Collison ; Z. Benedek ; F. Colantuono ; A. Dulsrud ; M. Fiore ; C. Holtkamp ; T.-Y. Kim ; M. Korzun ; R. Mesa-Manzano ; R. Reckinger ; I. Ruiz-Martínez ; K. Smith ; N. Tamura ; M.L. Viteri ; E. Orban |The COVID-19 pandemic has been a major stress test for the agri-food system. While most research has analysed the impact of the pandemic on mainstream food systems, this article examines how alternative and local food systems (ALFS) in 13 countr[...]Article
K. Erjavec ; M. Janzekovic ; M. Kovac ; M. Simcic ; A. Mergedus ; D. Tercic ; M. Klopcic |The study aims to identify any changes in the communication channels used by Slovenian livestock farmers before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the main (dis)advantages of relying on them. An online survey was completed by 502 Slove[...]Article
A.K. Rad ; R.R. Shamshiri ; H. Azarm ; S.K. Balasundram ; M. Sultan |The consequences of COVID-19 on the economy and agriculture have raised many concerns about global food security, especially in developing countries. Given that food security is a critical component that is affected by global crises, beside the [...]Article
The issue of local food supply has attracted considerable political and public attention, due to the changing preferences of consumers, who have more awareness about ecological sustainability, in particular, but also due to recent developments c[...]Article
It is understood that some types of tourism, as is the case of rural tourism, have an even more relevant role in achieving regional sustainability. Considering the actual COVID-19 sanitary crisis and its horizontal impacts over all the society a[...]Article
B. Cardoso ; L. Cunha ; A. Leiras ; P. Gonçalves ; H. Yoshizaki ; I. Jr. De Brito ; F. Pedroso |The epidemics and pandemics can severely affect food supply chains, including producers, retailers, wholesalers, and customers. To minimize their impacts, it is fundamental to implement effective policies that ensure continuity in the provision,[...]Article
D. Skalkos ; I.S. Kosma ; A. Vasiliou ; R.P.F. Guiné |We are entering a new, unprecedented global economic and social era following the COVID-19 pandemic, in which there will be opportunities and threats for the goods and services provided. Traditional foods (TFs) could have their chances in the ne[...]Article
Alongside the dramatic impact on health systems, eating, shopping, and other food-related habits may have been affected by the COVID-19 crisis. This paper analyses the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on food shopping habits and food-related act[...]Article
La sécurité alimentaire en Tunisie ou à léchelle nationale est une question sensible et stratégique. La grande diversité du domaine climatique tunisien et l'extension des terres agricoles sur une superficie de 10 millions d'hectares, dont (5 mi[...]Article
S. Cico ; L.D. Rajnovic ; I. Bosnjak |The crisis, as a negative deviation that is serious and can jeopardize the company's business usually doesn't occur suddenly but gradually in individual areas, accumulating its effects. The crisis caused by the pandemic came suddenly and immedia[...]Article
This research aims to examine the existence or not of a relationship between governance and pulses food security in Morocco in terms of food availability, accessibility, utilization, and stability and to determine the governance indicators affe[...]Article
R. Capone ; V. Fersino ; E. Stamataki ; M. Cerezo ; M.-E. Kessari ; S. Dernini ; H. El Bilali |Despite the recurring discourse on food systems and their sustainability in the Mediterranean region, comprehensive studies are hard to find. Therefore, this article provides an overview on the challenges and perspectives of food systems in the [...]Article
C. Gómez-Corona ; V. Ramaroson Rakotosamimanana ; M.P. Sáenz-Navajas ; H. Rodrigues ; E. Franco-Luesma ; E. Saldaña ; D. Valentin |The coronavirus outbreak in December 2019 completely changed the dynamic of consumption in different sectors of industry. The food and beverage industries have been profoundly affected, from production, to modifications in consumers choices. Am[...]Article
M. Hoteit ; Y. Al-Atat ; H. Joumaa ; S. El Ghali ; R. Mansour ; R. Mhanna ; F. Sayyed-Ahmad ; P. Salameh ; A. Al-Jawaldeh |This study aims to explore the prevalence and correlates of food insecurity among Lebanese households since the ordeals of COVID-19, economic crisis, and Beirut port explosions. At the core of the study, a mobile application entitled Nutrition A[...]Article
This paper describes a research project, carried out in an Italian public school, to assess whether parents were willing to take part in food procurement decisions, as well as their ability to accurately predict what foods children would pick at[...]Article
Créateur de richesses, le tourisme est aussi à lorigine dexternalités négatives et de conflits, que la crise a déplacés. Son impact environnemental, lié en particulier aux transports, nest pas véritablement intégré dans les politiques actuelles.Article
Over half of the total amount of food wasted in Europe concerns household food waste which is mainly due to incorrect food management habits and behaviour. During the Covid-19 outbreak, food management and consumption habits changed dramatically[...]Article
M. Amato ; F. Verneau ; A. Coppola ; F. La Barbera |The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic rapidly and dramatically disrupted household behaviours in almost all areas and, among these, eating behaviours and daily food patterns have also been radically altered. All reported changes have potential effects i[...]Article
T. Ben Hassen ; H. El Bilali ; M.S. Allahyari ; D. Karabasevic ; A. Radosavac ; S. Berjan ; Z. Vasko ; P. Radanov ; I. Obhodas |Bosnia and Herzegovina has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by implementing quarantine and other social distancing measures. These measures, however, have mental, social, and economic consequences on diet and food behaviors. The Bosnian case i[...]Article
V. Amicarelli ; G. Lagioia ; S. Sampietro ; C. Bux |Food waste represents a multi-sectoral issue and influences the economy, society and environment. Considering that over 50% of food waste is generated from household consumption, the issue has been included among the 17 Sustainable Development G[...]Article
The spread of the Covid-19 pandemic in Italy, in the period MarchMay 2020, quickly triggered a deep crisis, causing an immediate economic slowdown and consequently a strong contraction in domestic demand and trade. The food supply chain faced s[...]Article
A. Acosta ; S. McCorriston ; F. Nicolli ; E. Venturelli ; U. Wickramasinghe ; E. ArceDiaz ; L. Scudiero ; A. Sammartino ; F. Schneider ; H. Steinfeld |CONTEXT The emergence and rapid spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has posed an unprecedented threat to both societies and economies. The dairy sector is an example of the challenges that food supply chains have faced due to the pande[...]Article
L.S. Alaimo ; M. Fiore ; A. Galati |The pandemic COVID 19 has upset the economic, social, financial, and general behavioral systems. Global crisis has a large impact overall and related fallouts significantly affect existent structural paradigms in every country and region across [...]Article
C. Zarbà ; G. Chinnici ; G. La Via ; S. Bracco ; B. Pecorino ; M. D'Amico |In the transition from linear production systems, unsustainable from the point of view of resources, to a model that finds strength in environmental, social and economic sustainability, the circular economy paradigm is the foundation that facili[...]Article
Since we first conceived of this Special Issue, Levering Sustainable Food Systems to Address Climate ChangePossible Transformations, COVID-19 has turned the world upside down. That said, while the pandemic has shifted our collective focus awa[...]Article
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected how households buy, prepare and consume food, with resultant impacts on food waste generated. These impacts have not yet been properly understood, especially in the context of developing countries. Better under[...]Article
The main purpose of this study is to assess the impact that food delivery mobile applications have on consumers' behaviour in the context of the changes generated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Thus, we aimed to bridge the gap in the literature and p[...]Article
S. Li ; Z. Kallas ; D. Rahmani ; J.M. Gil |The COVID-19 pandemic poses a threat to global food security, and it changes consumers food buying and consumption behavior. This research not only investigates trends in Spanish consumers general food shopping and consumption habits during th[...]Article
Several emerging technologies for agri-food systems are promoted by supporters as alleviating the instabilities of COVID-19 and thus increasingly necessary and inevitable. Compelled to pivot towards the pandemic, technologists align their projec[...]Article
The COVID-19 pandemic offers an opportunity to examine the impacts of system-wide crises on key supply sectors such as water, energy and food. These sectors are becoming increasingly interlinked in environmental policy-making and with regard to [...]Article
This paper deals with a very important topic concerning the adaptive actions of food retail entities, operating in a network model, during threats caused by a pandemic. The aim of the study was to identify and characterize the actions taken by f[...]Article
The dynamic development of e-commerce in the foodservice market has been observed in recent years (especially during the COVID-19 pandemic), both in Poland and in other countries. The purpose of the study was to determine the characteristics of [...]Article
Le tourisme est une des activités les plus sévèrement touchées par la pandémie et à présent, les perspectives restent extrêmement incertaines. Dans la région MENA, le secteur du tourisme, pilier économique majeur, représente environ 5 % à 19 % d[...]Article
N.M. Hashem ; E.M. Hassanein ; J.-F. Hocquette ; A. Gonzalez-Bulnes ; F.A. Ahmed ; Y.A. Attia ; K.A. Asiry |In the near future, the year 2050, agricultural production should expand to fulfill the needs of approximately 9.7 billion inhabitants. Such an objective should be harmonized with social, economic, and environmental sustainability aspects to mai[...]Article
This paper investigates the impact of Covid-19 pandemic on food waste using an original dataset from 176 agrifood business operators in the European Union (EU). Our objective is to assess whether and why the pandemic crisis affected food waste l[...]Article
Much information on the food security status of countries has become increasingly available in recent years. However, alternative measures, especially with large variation, can affect policy design and delivery to alleviate food insecurity. This[...]Article
M.P.M. Meuwissen ; P.H. Feindt ; T. Slijper ; A. Spiegel ; R. Finger ; Y. de Mey ; W. Paas ; K.J.A.M. Termeer ; P.M. Poortvliet ; M. Peneva ; J. Urquhart ; M. Vigani ; J.E. Black ; P. Nicholas-Davies ; D. Maye ; F. Appel ; F. Heinrich ; A. Balmann ; J. Bijttebier ; I. Coopmans ; E. Wauters ; E. Mathijs ; H. Hansson ; C.J. Lagerkvist ; J. Rommel ; G. Manevska-Tasevska ; F. Accatino ; C. Pineau ; B. Soriano ; I. Bardaji ; S. Severini ; S. Senni ; C. Zinnanti ; C. Gavrilescu ; I.S. Bruma ; K.M. Dobay ; D. Matei ; L. Tanasa ; D.M. Voicilas ; K. Zawalinska ; P. Gradziuk ; V. Krupin ; A. Martikainen ; H. Herrera ; P. Reidsma |Context Resilience is the ability to deal with shocks and stresses, including the unknown and previously unimaginable, such as the Covid-19 crisis. Objective This paper assesses (i) how different farming systems were exposed to the crisis, (ii) [...]Article
Marketplaces are almost as old as humanity. They result from trade and trade is structured by political, religious, social, and economic needs. Overtime, marketplaces have woven together relational processes representing each of these, in order [...]Article
Nous sommes confrontés à la conjonction de divers maux : la diminution de la biodiversité favorise le développement de nouvelles pandémies qui trouvent un terrain fertile dans nos modes de vie, en particulier alimentaires. On sait de mieux en mi[...]Article
La crise économique de 2008 a été lune des plus sévères que lEurope ait connu jusque-là. Limpact de la crise a été extrêmement variable dune région à lautre au niveau européen, questionnant les enjeux de solidarité et de cohésion territoria[...]Article
J. Koncar ; R. Maric ; G. Vukmirovic ; S. Vucenovic |This work aims to define the impact of different indicators on the sustainability of food placement in the retail sector, during periods of crisis and emergencies, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. An empirical survey conducted in the Western Balka[...]Article
R. Bulgari ; A. Petrini ; G. Cocetta ; C. Nicoletto ; A. Ertani ; P. Sambo ; A. Ferrante ; S. Nicola |The COVID-19 pandemic is causing many victims worldwide and has generated a serious economic crisis. Substantial changes have occurred in the food and ornamental production chains. The aim of the present review has been to summarize some of the [...]Article
M.G. Rivera-Ferré ; F. López-i-Gelats ; F. Ravera ; E. Oteros-Rozas ; M. Di Masso ; R. Binimelis ; H. El Bilali |CONTEXT The COVID-19 pandemic has become one of the most pressing challenges for humanity. The pandemic is affecting all aspects of human lives and livelihoods, including food. In this context, new research shows the nexus between agri-food syst[...]Article
The Covid-19 pandemic newly brings food resilience in cities to our attention and the need to question the desired degree of food self-sufficiency through urban agriculture. While these questions are by no means new and periodically entering the[...]Article
The new coronavirus (Covid-19), which spread almost the entire world, adversely affected many sectors, both internationally and 30 locally. Households panic purchase have rocketed the demand for some food items in the early days. Besides, food [...]Article
This study examines how the Covid-19 pandemic crises has not only modified networks and rhythms of human movement and migratory flows on both a global and local scale; yet it also has weakened the hegemony of the prevailing paradigm that conside[...]Article
R. Matacena ; M. Zenga ; M. D'Addario ; S. Mari ; M. Labra |The COVID-19 emergency and the consequent social distancing requirements have caused major disruptions in daily food-related practices at the household level. In this paper, we evaluate the transformations that occurred in the daily nutritional [...]Article
Le secteur agricole constitue une activité importante au Maroc, représentant 14% du produit national brut et employant 40% de la population active. Avec l'émergence de la pandémie de la Covid-19, il a été ébranlé par des incertitudes économiques[...]Article
The food system, and those who depend on it, have been strongly but unevenly affected by COVID-19. Overall, the impacts on food systems, poverty, and nutrition have been caused by a combination of a generalized economic recession and disruptions[...]Article
I. Coopmans ; J. Bijttebier ; F. Marchand ; E. Mathijs ; L. Messely ; E. Rogge ; A. Sanders ; E. Wauters |Context : Resilience represents the ability of systems to anticipate, withstand, or adapt to challenges. Times of great stress and disturbance offer opportunity to identify and confirm key contributors to agri-food system resilience. The COVID-1[...]Article
The spread of COVID-19 has not only led to many deaths but also to social and economic downturn globally. The study represents an exhaustive compilation of relevant macroeconomic data regarding the status of the agri-food sector from a demand si[...]Article
For decades, global food security has not been able to address the structural problem of economic access to food, resulting in a recent increase in the number of undernourished people from 2014. In addition, the FAO estimates that the number of [...]Article
The coronavirus pandemic is having an economic impact, previously non-existent, on the world economy. The objective of this study is to analyze the impact of COVID-19 on agri-food companies in the region of Extremadura (Spain). A multiple-case s[...]Article
CONTEXT The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, has affected global agricultural chains and intensified the issue of food insecurity worldwide. OBJECTIVE We propose a short retrospective of the reported effects of the COVID-19 pan[...]Article
The aim of our study was to determine the level of anxiety among farmers in different agricultural branches in Turkey during the COVID-19 outbreak and to examine its association with socioeconomic concerns and social support variables. Based on [...]Article
Context : Identifying and developing resilient farming and food systems has emerged as a top priority during the Covid-19 pandemic. Many academics suggest that farming and food systems should move towards agroecological models to achieve better [...]Article
The article aims to present the essence of agritourism in the literature regarding the subject of its profitability during the COVID-19 pandemic. To verify the goal, data from our own research was applied. The research was conducted in 2019 and [...]Article
La crise du Covid-19 aura eu ce mérite : non pas seulement mettre en lumière ces travailleurs invisibles que sont les salariés agricoles de tous bords, mais reconnaître leur caractère indispensable. Une « armée de lombre » placée subitement sou[...]Article
R.F. Rodgers ; C. Lombardo ; S. Cerolini ; D.L. Franko ; M. Omori ; J. Linardon ; S. Guillaume ; L. Fischer ; M. Fuller-Tyszkiewicz |The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly disrupted household food purchasing and preparation, including elements identified as important drivers of household food waste. The two main aims of this study were (1) to examine changes in food waste behav[...]Article
The aim of this research is to analyse the way young people perceive the food waste process, as well as the determinants and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the responsible behaviour of young people towards food waste. The research design[...]Article
Background: This study aims to examine how behavioral variables interact with and stimulate purchasing decisions and influence the process of purchasing healthy foods during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: Principal component analysis was carried[...]Article
Global crises such as the covid-19 pandemic highlight the interconnectedness and vulnerability of human systems, requiring integrated transdisciplinary studies aimed at breaking unsustainable and unjust practices. In this work, a horticultural c[...]Article
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Recent evidence illuminates the importance of relatively new concepts in grocery retailing, such as the concept of food values. The present work aims at analyzing the influence of: (i) food values on key non-financial results, particularly satis[...]Article
This article reviews and categorises early policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, based on a dataset of 496 measures taken by 54 countries between January 1 and April 28 and collected by the OECD from government officials and additional sour[...]Article
During the first COVID-19 wave in Spain, confining the population at home was seen as an effective way to prevent the disease from spreading. This limited mobility affected citizens routines at homes because it influenced their life habits, inc[...]Article
The reduction of food waste, especially in households where more than half of its global quantity is generated, has become an increasing economic, social and environmental concern, and represents one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals withi[...]Article
I.S. Bruma ; C. Dinu Vasiliu ; S. Rodino ; M. Butu ; L. Tanasa ; S. Dobos ; A. Butu ; O. Coca ; G. Stefan |In Romania, there is an emerging market of dairy products delivered through short food supply chains. Although this distribution system has existed since the communist period, and even though more than three decades have passed since then, the m[...]Article
After the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 pandemic on 11 March 2020, almost all European countries entered a lockdown. This context caused sudden changes at multiple levels, affecting the way people were working, buying, st[...]Article
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M. Vittuari ; G. Bazzocchi ; S. Blasioli ; F. Cirone ; A. Maggio ; F. Orsini ; J. Penca ; M. Petruzzelli ; K. Specht ; S. Amghar ; A.-M. Atanasov ; T. Bastia ; I. Bertocchi ; A. Coudard ; A. Crepaldi ; A. Curtis ; R. Fox-Kämper ; A.E. Gheorghica ; A. Lelièvre ; P. Munoz ; E. Nolde ; J. Pascual-Fernandez ; G. Pennisi ; B. Pölling ; L. Reynaud-Desmet ; I. Righini ; Y. Rouphael ; V. Saint-Ges ; A. Samoggia ; S. Shaystej ; M. Da Silva ; S. Toboso Chavero ; P. Tonini ; G. Trusnovec ; B.L. Vidmar ; G. Villalba ; F. De Menna |The COVID-19 pandemic unveiled the fragility of food sovereignty in cities and confirmed the close connection urban dwellers have with food. Although the pandemic was not responsible for a systemic failure, it suggested how citizens would accept[...]Article
Tourism activities are considered, among others, the backbone of the local economies. However, tourism activities lead to adverse environmental impacts, especially in coastal zones. Coastal areas are considered and recognized as of strategic imp[...]Article
S. Zollet ; L. Colombo ; P. De Meo ; D. Marino ; S.R. McGreevy ; N. McKeon ; S. Tarra |The negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have further exposed and exacerbated the structural weaknesses and inequalities embedded in the global industrial agri-food system. While the mainstream narrative continues to emphasise the importanc[...]Article
P. Gate ; G. Lemaire ; M. Rieu |Le défi pour lagriculture mondiale est de continuer à augmenter la production de denrées agricoles tout en résorbant les impacts négatifs quelle provoque sur lenvironnement et la biodiversité. Or ces impacts ne sont pas fondamentalement dus à[...]Article
In situ conservation of local breeds requires populations in economically sustainable and resilient production systems. In those countries where the market recognizes the quality of the products of local breeds, the traditional relationship betw[...]Article
A. Blay-Palmer ; G. Santini ; J. Halliday ; R. Malec ; J. Carey ; L. Keller ; J. Ni ; M. Taguchi ; R. van Veenhuizen |Using examples from the COVID-19 pandemic, this paper reviews the contribution a City Region Food Systems (CRFS) approach makes to regional sustainability and resilience for existing and future shocks including climate change. We include both ex[...]Article
A. Mishra ; E. Bruno ; D. Zilberman |Individually, both droughts and pandemics cause disruptions to global food supply chains. The 21st century has seen the frequent occurrence of both natural and human disasters, including droughts and pandemics. Together their impacts can be comp[...]Article
A. Scacchi ; D. Catozzi ; E. Boietti ; F. Bert ; R. Siliquini |Data about self-perceived food choice (FC) changes and their determinants during COVID-19 lockdowns are limited. This study investigated how the Italian lockdown affected self-perceived food purchases (FP), occurrence of impulse buying (IB), hou[...]Article
The COVID-19 outbreak was an unprecedented situation that uncovered forgotten interconnections and interdependencies between agriculture, society, and economy, whereas it also brought to the fore the vulnerability of agrifood production to exter[...]Article
To limit the transmission of COVID-19, nationwide lockdown was imposed in France between March, 17th and May 10th, 2020. This disruption in individuals daily routines likely altered food consumption habits. We examined how changes in food choic[...]Article
The restriction measures linked to the COVID-19 shock suddenly highlighted the vulnerability of most socioeconomic systems, including the food sector. In a context in which the limitation to the movement of people and goods has put the longer an[...]