... on the nexus of income and expenditure to examine the economic impact of reduced cocoa bean exports during COVID-19. Design/methodology/approach The study employs an extended multisectoral model (EMM) on a social accounting matrix (SAM) to incorporate the income and expenditure of the institutional sectors...

...María J. Castillo; Carlos E. Carpio; Ana R. Rios; Manuel Garcia; Juan M. Murguia Purpose This study analyzes how firms along the Latin American and Caribbean agrifood supply chain responded to innovations during the COVID-19 pandemic, the heterogeneity of these responses across different segments...

...Sushil C. Sapkota; Alwin Dsouza; Ram N. Acharya Purpose This study assesses the impact of online grocery shopping and food delivery services on food insecurity before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Design/methodology/approach This study uses an online survey of 1,532 respondents...

...Carolina M. Vargas; Lenis Saweda O. Liverpool-Tasie; Thomas Reardon Purpose We study five exogenous shocks: climate, violence, price hikes, spoilage and the COVID-19 lockdown. We analyze the association between these shocks and trader characteristics, reflecting trader vulnerability. Design...

...Madhuri Saripalle; Vijaya Chebolu-Subramanian Purpose This study analyzes the impact of COVID-19 on agricultural production in South India by evaluating the influence of market channels and socioeconomic conditions on the production decisions of farmers during two key cropping seasons. We base our...

...Florence Nakazi; Losira Nasirumbi Sanya; Johnny Mugisha Purpose The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic continues to impact economic systems, with devastating consequences on livelihoods. Anecdotal evidence has predicted the adverse effects of COVID-19 on the livelihood of food system actors...

...Catherine Mawia Mwema; Netsayi Noris Mudege; Keagan Kakwasha Purpose While the literature has highlighted the impacts of COVID-19, there is limited evidence on the gendered determinants of the impact of COVID-19 among small-scale rural traders in developing and emerging economies. Design...

...Pomi Shahbaz; Shamsheer ul Haq; Ismet Boz; Babar Aziz; Abida Hafeez Purpose Covid-19 is a serious threat to the dietary quality of vulnerable communities in developing countries with limited economic resources. This study explored the implications of COVID-19 on daily dietary behavior and food...

...Pham Tien Thanh; Duong The Duy; Pham Bao Duong Purpose In the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic, Vietnam imposed many drastic restrictions to curb the outbreak of this virus. Such restrictions interrupted the normal functioning of various economic sectors, including agriculture. This research...

...Yupeng Wang; Satoru Shimokawa Purpose This paper aims to investigate how differently the COVID-19 blockade regulations influence the prices of perishable and storable foods. The authors focus on the cases of the 2020 blockade at Hubei province and the 2021 blockade at Shijiazhuang city in China...

...Wen-Hung Huang; Kenneth Bicol Dy; Ching-Cheng Chang; Shih-Hsun Hsu Purpose This study deals with attenuating the risk of relying on a single export market, which was heightened by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. It focuses on Taiwanese atemoya (a fruit with short storage life...

...Naba Kumar Das; Arup Roy Purpose The COVID-19 has had a diversified and dynamic impact on the food and agricultural sector, particularly in the agri-food value chain. Although a good number of articles were published in various countries and continents covering various aspects of the impact...

...Andi Irawan; Saefudin Saefudin; Melli Suryanty; M. Zulkarnain Yuliarso Purpose This study aimed to determine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the oil palm smallholders' income, which includes both on-farm and off-farm resources. Design/methodology/approach This study used a simultaneous...

...Yi-Pey Ou; Yun-Peng Chu Purpose When the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic seriously hit the USA, a lot of cities/states announced their lockdowns, in some cases forbidding employees to go to work. But workers in the so called “essential sectors” were exempt from the order...

...Kuldeep Rajpoot; Saurav Singla; Abhishek Singh; Shashi Shekhar Purpose This study focuses on accessing the impact of lockdown implemented to curb the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on prices of potato and onion crops using the time series analysis techniques. Design/methodology...

...Tarek Ben Hassen; Hamid El Bilali; Mohammad S. Allahyari; Laurence Charbel Purpose Right after announcing the first cases, several governments worldwide have implemented stringent measures to stop the spread of COVID-19. This disruption in individuals' daily routines transformed food consumption...