The impact of COVID-19 on food management in households of an emerging economy.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected how households buy, prepare and consume food, with resultant impacts on food waste generated. These impacts have not yet been properly understood, especially in the context of developing countries. Better understanding of the impacts of COVID-19 on food management behavior of households can aid in the design of policy interventions to reduce the amounts of wasted food during disastrous events. This becomes particularly important in light of the likely pro-longed effect held by the pandemic on household lifestyles in the future. This study has segmented households in Turkey, a rapidly emerging economy, on the basis of the effects imposed by COVID-19 on their food management behavior. A two-step clustering analysis has been conducted on the factor scores of

SUBMITTER: Yetkin Ozbuk RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9192139 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature