COVID and consumers’ food strategies in Madrid, Spain: Towards a resilient city-region food system approach

Lockdowns, restrictions on people's movements and gatherings, and other COVID-19 containment measures have had economic, social, and environmental effects. The pandemic resulted in major disruption to food systems, highlighting serious weaknesses in the way such systems are currently configured...

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Autores: Cruz, José Luis, González-Azcárate, Mario, Hewitt, Richard J., Hernández-Jiménez, Verónica, Bardají, Isabel
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Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Recursos:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
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Palavra-chave:Alternative food networks
Consumer profiles
Short food supply chain
Organic products
Urban consumption
Local products
Agricultural policy
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spelling COVID and consumers’ food strategies in Madrid, Spain: Towards a resilient city-region food system approachCruz, José LuisGonzález-Azcárate, MarioHewitt, Richard J.Hernández-Jiménez, VerónicaBardají, IsabelAlternative food networksConsumer profilesShort food supply chainOrganic productsUrban consumptionLocal productsAgricultural policyLockdowns, restrictions on people's movements and gatherings, and other COVID-19 containment measures have had economic, social, and environmental effects. The pandemic resulted in major disruption to food systems, highlighting serious weaknesses in the way such systems are currently configured. However, the pandemic also created important opportunities to develop transformative actions enabling the creation of more resilient and sustainable food systems. In this paper, we delve more deeply into the strategies developed by consumers, as key stakeholders in the food system, through an in-depth survey and statistical analysis of changes in consumers' habits during the pandemic lockdowns. We adopt a city-region food system (CRFS) approach to explore ways to enhance food system resilience to future crises. Data were collected through a telephone survey of a representative sample (600 consumers), conducted in the region of Madrid in May 2021. First, descriptive analyses allowed different consumer strategies to be identified. Differences in food preferences and behaviour changes between individuals in the sample were analysed by age, gender, income, and level of education using exponential family Principal Component Analysis (EPCA), logistic regression, and Multiple Correspondence Analysis (MCA). Lastly, Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was applied to classify the consumer strategies into four discrete profiles. The findings show significant differences in consumers' responses according to age, income, and level of education. Additionally, the results highlight increased consumption of local and organic products, and online shopping, as typical strategies employed by consumers to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. In this context, alternative food networks were shown to play a key role in enhancing food security. Interestingly, no significant differences were found between urban and rural areas. Our discussion addresses this apparent homogeneity in consumers’ habits from a resilient CRFS approach.This work was funded by the European Union EAFRD, Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación (MAPA) and Comunidad de Madrid (through IMIDRA), grant PDR18-MadridKmRegion under the Madrid Rural Development Programme PDR-CM 2014-2020. The database used in this study was provided by IMIDRA. MGA is a recipient of a PhD fellowship awarded by IMIDRA (BDNS code 420371). Richard J Hewitt gratefully acknowledges support provided by a Ramón y Cajal Research Fellowship award (IMOSET project) from the State Research Agency (AEI) of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (MCIN) 10.13039/501100011033 through the “ESF Investing in your future” funding framework.Peer reviewedElsevierEuropean CommissionMinisterio de Agricultura (España)Comunidad de MadridMinisterio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)Hewitt, Richard J. [0000-0003-4169-8647]Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]202520252024info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501Publisher's versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/375695reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Ingléshttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e40565Síinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/3756952026-05-22T06:33:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv COVID and consumers’ food strategies in Madrid, Spain: Towards a resilient city-region food system approach
title COVID and consumers’ food strategies in Madrid, Spain: Towards a resilient city-region food system approach
spellingShingle COVID and consumers’ food strategies in Madrid, Spain: Towards a resilient city-region food system approach
Cruz, José Luis
Alternative food networks
Consumer profiles
Short food supply chain
Organic products
Urban consumption
Local products
Agricultural policy
title_short COVID and consumers’ food strategies in Madrid, Spain: Towards a resilient city-region food system approach
title_full COVID and consumers’ food strategies in Madrid, Spain: Towards a resilient city-region food system approach
title_fullStr COVID and consumers’ food strategies in Madrid, Spain: Towards a resilient city-region food system approach
title_full_unstemmed COVID and consumers’ food strategies in Madrid, Spain: Towards a resilient city-region food system approach
title_sort COVID and consumers’ food strategies in Madrid, Spain: Towards a resilient city-region food system approach
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Cruz, José Luis
González-Azcárate, Mario
Hewitt, Richard J.
Hernández-Jiménez, Verónica
Bardají, Isabel
author Cruz, José Luis
author_facet Cruz, José Luis
González-Azcárate, Mario
Hewitt, Richard J.
Hernández-Jiménez, Verónica
Bardají, Isabel
author_role author
author2 González-Azcárate, Mario
Hewitt, Richard J.
Hernández-Jiménez, Verónica
Bardají, Isabel
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv European Commission
Ministerio de Agricultura (España)
Comunidad de Madrid
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)
Hewitt, Richard J. [0000-0003-4169-8647]
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Alternative food networks
Consumer profiles
Short food supply chain
Organic products
Urban consumption
Local products
Agricultural policy
topic Alternative food networks
Consumer profiles
Short food supply chain
Organic products
Urban consumption
Local products
Agricultural policy
description Lockdowns, restrictions on people's movements and gatherings, and other COVID-19 containment measures have had economic, social, and environmental effects. The pandemic resulted in major disruption to food systems, highlighting serious weaknesses in the way such systems are currently configured. However, the pandemic also created important opportunities to develop transformative actions enabling the creation of more resilient and sustainable food systems. In this paper, we delve more deeply into the strategies developed by consumers, as key stakeholders in the food system, through an in-depth survey and statistical analysis of changes in consumers' habits during the pandemic lockdowns. We adopt a city-region food system (CRFS) approach to explore ways to enhance food system resilience to future crises. Data were collected through a telephone survey of a representative sample (600 consumers), conducted in the region of Madrid in May 2021. First, descriptive analyses allowed different consumer strategies to be identified. Differences in food preferences and behaviour changes between individuals in the sample were analysed by age, gender, income, and level of education using exponential family Principal Component Analysis (EPCA), logistic regression, and Multiple Correspondence Analysis (MCA). Lastly, Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was applied to classify the consumer strategies into four discrete profiles. The findings show significant differences in consumers' responses according to age, income, and level of education. Additionally, the results highlight increased consumption of local and organic products, and online shopping, as typical strategies employed by consumers to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. In this context, alternative food networks were shown to play a key role in enhancing food security. Interestingly, no significant differences were found between urban and rural areas. Our discussion addresses this apparent homogeneity in consumers’ habits from a resilient CRFS approach.
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