Food Security and the COVID-19 Crisis from a Consumer Buying Behaviour Perspective—The Case of Bangladesh
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Károly Ihrig Doctoral School of Management and Business, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary
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Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary
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College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg 2006, South Africa
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Hungarian National Bank–Research Center, John von Neumann University, 6000 Kecskemét, Hungary
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Faculty of Engineering, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary
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Academic Editor: Sylvain Charlebois
Foods 2021, 10(12), 3073; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10123073
Received: 8 November 2021
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Revised: 4 December 2021
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Accepted: 6 December 2021
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Published: 10 December 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Food Safety Risk Perceptions of Consumers during the COVID-19 Pandemic)
Since COVID-19 was confirmed in Bangladesh in March 2020, the government have enacted stringent measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, which has had a significant impact on people’s lives. Food consumption habits of consumers have shifted as a result of declining grocery shopping frequency, negative income shock, and food prices shooting up. This paper aims to explore Bangladeshi consumers’ buying behaviour in association with the stress generated from a food supply shortage during the COVID-19 pandemic and the post-outbreak perception of the food industry, using a dataset with 540 online samples collected between July and August 2021. A two-stage cluster sampling method and self-administrated questionnaire techniques were adopted for collecting the data during the third wave of COVID-19. Using partial least squares path modelling (PLS-PM) and multivariate multiple ordered logit regression (MVORD) to reveal the pertinent structure between all the blocks, this study provides two key findings. First, a higher intensity of COVID-19 impact translates into higher food stress associated with income reduction and higher food prices. Second, food stress directly affects consumer buying and consumption behaviour. We strongly recommend connecting consumers with local producers and collective use of shared warehouses through institutions, policies, and reforms to prevent disruption in the food supply chain and to keep food prices stable. Additionally, food producers, distributors, stakeholders, and policy planners should strengthen the food supply chain to stabilize food security.
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Rabbi, M.F.; Oláh, J.; Popp, J.; Máté, D.; Kovács, S. Food Security and the COVID-19 Crisis from a Consumer Buying Behaviour Perspective—The Case of Bangladesh. Foods 2021, 10, 3073. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10123073
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Rabbi MF, Oláh J, Popp J, Máté D, Kovács S. Food Security and the COVID-19 Crisis from a Consumer Buying Behaviour Perspective—The Case of Bangladesh. Foods. 2021; 10(12):3073. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10123073
Chicago/Turabian StyleRabbi, Mohammad F., Judit Oláh, József Popp, Domicián Máté, and Sándor Kovács. 2021. "Food Security and the COVID-19 Crisis from a Consumer Buying Behaviour Perspective—The Case of Bangladesh" Foods 10, no. 12: 3073. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10123073
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