Food availability and shopping channels during the disasters: Has the COVID-19 pandemic changed peoples? online food purchasing behavior?

被引:14
作者
Shahzad, Muhammad Aamir [1 ]
Razzaq, Amar [2 ]
Qing, Ping [1 ]
Rizwan, Muhammad [3 ,4 ]
Faisal, Muhammad [5 ]
机构
[1] Huazhong Agr Univ, Coll Econ & Management, 1 Shizishan St, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, Peoples R China
[2] Huanggang Normal Univ, Business Sch, Xinggang 2nd Rd, Huanggang 438000, Peoples R China
[3] Yangtze Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Jingzhou 434023, Peoples R China
[4] Yangtze Univ, Changjiang Belt Econ & Dev Res Instittue, Jingzhou 434023, Peoples R China
[5] Univ Lahore, Dept Econ, Sargodha Campus, Sargodha, Pakistan
基金
英国科研创新办公室;
关键词
COVID-19; Food accessibility; Buying behavior; Perceptions; E-COMMERCE; INFORMATION; SECURITY;
D O I
10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.103443
中图分类号
P [天文学、地球科学];
学科分类号
07 ;
摘要
COVID-19 caused online buying channels to flourish across the globe. However, the extent to which online channels in Pakistan assisted peoples in coping with the pandemic remains un-known. This study aims to examine peoples behavior and perceptions regarding online food purchasing and its impact on different aspects of food security. The data were collected through online surveys of 1067 respondents in Punjab and Sindh provinces during the COVID-19 pandemic. We find that peoples access to food was adversely affected by the pandemic. How-ever, people are increasingly purchasing food online, which has improved their accessibility to food. According to the findings, 62.51% of respondents reported to have changed their perception and behavior regarding online food purchasing. In addition, almost 46.40% of peoples reported that online shopping increased their access to food during the pandemic. Using logit regression, economic analysis shows that education, monthly income, and access to basic necessities such as clean drinking water, better sanitation, and better employment are positively related to online buying behavior. For future disaster situations in Pakistan to mitigate the adverse effects on food security, strengthening and promoting the use of online purchasing channels could be an important policy instrument.
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