Farm diversification as a potential success factor for small-scale farmers constrained by COVID-related lockdown. Contributions from a survey conducted in four European countries during the first wave of COVID-19

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Result on the web
<a href="https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0251715" target="_blank" >https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0251715</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251715" target="_blank" >10.1371/journal.pone.0251715</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Farm diversification as a potential success factor for small-scale farmers constrained by COVID-related lockdown. Contributions from a survey conducted in four European countries during the first wave of COVID-19
Original language description
This paper explores to what extent product and marketing channel diversification contributed to the economic success of small scale agricultural producers involved in short food supply chains after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. A survey was conducted between April and July 2020 in four countries of the European Union-Estonia, Hungary, Portugal and Romania, resulting in a relatively large sample of farmers. The analysis was built on a semi-nonparametric approach. Approximately 19 percent of small-scale producers were able to increase sales during the first wave of the pandemic, although country-level variation was significant. Fruits and vegetables were by far the most popular products. The importance of specific channels varied across countries, but farm gate sales were among the most important marketing channels both before and during the first wave. The importance of channels that were based on digital resources and home delivery increased. Our evidence indicates that diversification was a
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50202 - Applied Economics, Econometrics

Project
<a href="/en/project/QK1920398" target="_blank" >QK1920398: Duality in Czech Agriculture: Advantage or Disadvantage for New Generation Agriculture?</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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