Local food systems and COVID-19: an insight from China

Fei, Shulang; Ni, Jia; Santini, Guido

doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.105022

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“…Our study showed that households indicate no salience. Fei, Ni, and Santini (2020) share Chinese experience in mitigating the negative impacts of Covid-19 in distribution and sales of agricultural products, where the government established service alliance and joint platforms supporting the supply-demand matching and keeping the food market operating. In order to prevent risks in the food supply chains that may occur in urban cities from future pandemic outbreaks, Galimberti et al (2020) identify the need for helping small food producers as key stakeholders in feeding cities.…”

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Covid-19 pandemic effects on food safety - Multi-country survey study

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This study provides an important insight into the response of food safety systems during the first months of the pandemic, elevating the perspective of preventing Covid-19 within conventional food safety management systems. A multi-country survey was conducted in 16 countries involving 825 food companies. Based on the results of the survey, it is obvious that the level of maturity of a food safety system in place is the main trigger in classifying companies and their responses to the pandemic challenge. Staff awareness and hygiene are the two most important attributes in combating Covid-19, opposed to temperature checking of workers in food establishment and health protocols from the World Health Organization, recognized as attributes with limited salience and importance. Companies confirmed implementation of more restrictive hygiene procedures during the pandemic and the need for purchasing more additional personal protective equipment. Retailers were identified as the food supply chain link mostly affected by the pandemic opposed to food storage facilities ranked as least affected. During this challenging period, all companies declared that food safety has not been compromised at any moment. It is important to note that less than a half of the food companies had documented any emergency plans associated with pandemics and health issues in place.

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Covid-19 pandemic effects on food safety - Multi-country survey study

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“…The coronavirus disease‐2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic has resulted in unprecedented stresses on food supply chains, creating profound challenges for farm labor and production, processing, transport, and logistics as well as major shifts in demand and consumption (OECD, 2020a). Most of these challenges resulted from policies (e.g., nation‐wide lockdowns and restrictions on people's mobility) that were adopted by governments to contain the spread of the pandemic (Fei et al, 2020). These measures have drastically affected the essential flow of food from producers to consumers and put fresh food production and the supply chain under the risk of disruption (Hobbs, 2020).…”

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Risk perception and determinants in small‐ and medium‐sized agri‐food enterprises amidst the COVID‐19 pandemic: Evidence from Egypt

2020

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The coronavirus disease‐2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic has disrupted many activities along agri‐food supply chains in developing countries and posed unprecedented challenges in particular to small and medium agri‐food enterprises (SMEs). Drawing on a survey of 166 Egyptian agri‐food SMEs, this study investigates differences in‐ and determinants of COVID‐19 business risk perception among these enterprises. The empirical results showed that risk perception was highly asymmetric across geographical regions. Enterprises with longer cash flow coverage periods and higher values of total assets perceived significantly lower risk levels, as cash and assets functioned as a buffer against the impact of COVID‐19. The findings of the study imply that the “just‐in‐time” approach and the absence of a proactive and preventative stance to risk management reduced the resilience of agri‐food SMEs to the risks presented by the pandemic. Generally, enterprises that operate both in domestic and export markets perceived lower COVID‐19 risks. Finally, the main export destination to which the surveyed enterprises export was a significant determinant of their risk perception. These findings could be useful to managers of agri‐food businesses in terms of better understanding of risks and promotion of risk management practices. More so, they can help design effective policy interventions to mitigate the impacts of the pandemic on Egyptian agri‐food SMEs and build up their resilience to future pandemics and shocks.

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“…Owing to disruptions in the global supply chain and distribution networks generated by the pandemic, Indonesia has limited its import capacity. The transport of dry food was restricted in the People's Republic of China, and the delivery of agricultural products was interrupted due to labour shortages [22].…”

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confidence: 99%