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

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

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.

Methods

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

SUBMITTER: Smutna Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10876859 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature