Boon or Bane? Urban Food Security and Online Food Purchasing during the COVID-19 Epidemic in Nanjing, China

Yajia Liang, Taiyang Zhong and Jonathan Crush
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Yajia Liang: School of Geography and Ocean Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
Taiyang Zhong: School of Geography and Ocean Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
Jonathan Crush: Balsillie School of International Affairs, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON N2L 6C2, Canada

Land, 2022, vol. 11, issue 6, 1-25

Abstract: This paper examines the relationship between the rapid growth of online food purchasing and household food security during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in China using the city of Nanjing as a case study. The paper presents the results of an online survey of 968 households in Nanjing in March 2020 focused on their food purchasing behavior and levels of food security during the early weeks of the pandemic. While online food purchasing has increased rapidly in many countries during the COVID-19 pandemic, little research attention has been paid to the relationship between online food purchasing and household food security. This paper provides detailed insights into this relationship in China. The medium- and longer-term food security and other consequences of the pandemic pivot to online food purchasing are a fertile area for future research in China and elsewhere.

Keywords: online food purchase; food security; dietary quality; COVID-19; wet markets; Nanjing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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