An insight into market and non-market alternative food networks in Czechia during Covid-19 and beyond

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Alternative codes found

RIV/68145535:_____/24:00582364 RIV/44555601:13440/24:43898292

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2024.1327308/full" target="_blank" >https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2024.1327308/full</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2024.1327308" target="_blank" >10.3389/fnut.2024.1327308</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

An insight into market and non-market alternative food networks in Czechia during Covid-19 and beyond

Original language description

The Covid-19 pandemic affected food systems in many countries and emphasized a lot of already existing social, economic and environmental agri-food problems. Alternative food networks (AFNs), praised for their ability to improve the food systems, were under stress, however, at the same time, the changed conditions may have opened new possibilities. In this paper we address the importance of AFNs during the pandemic and investigate how households have changed their participation in AFNs. Our research is novel by simultaneously focusing on both market and non-market AFNs which are often studied separately. A representative questionnaire study of Czech households was carried out in Autumn 2021 to provide a case study of food and consumption behavior of the European country after several waves of Covid-19. Based on the responses of 515 participants, the results show that 68% of Czech households participate in some form of AFNs, be it shopping or food self-provisioning, i.e., non-market food procurement in the form of gardening. Focusing on the market AFNs, farmers’ markets and farm gate sales are the most popular. Covid-19 and 2021 emerging economic pressures led to a decrease of consumption of organic food (22% of respondents) as well as fresh fruit and vegetables in general (10% of respondents) and a noticeable occurrence of food insecurity (18% of households). Based on these findings, the paper discusses the ability of AFNs to support food and nutritional resilience. Problems which may endanger market-oriented AFNs are discussed as well. By addressing both market and non-market AFNs, the paper brings new knowledge into the food environment and agri-food policies research.n

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50401 - Sociology

Project

<a href="/en/project/LX22NPO5101" target="_blank" >LX22NPO5101: The National Institute for Research on the Socioeconomic Impact of Diseases and Systemic Risks</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Frontiers in Nutrition

ISSN

2296-861X

e-ISSN

2296-861X

Volume of the periodical

11

Issue of the periodical within the volume

February

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

16

Pages from-to

1327308

UT code for WoS article

001164135900001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85185277041