A Case Study of Consumer’s Attitudes towards Agro-Food Markets in Danube Microregion in COVID-19 Pandemic
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Iljkić, DarioKlepač, Olgica
Užar, Dubravka
Samfira, Ionel
Dunđerski, Dušan
Haman, Daniel
Zoican, Catalin
Majić, Ivana
Varga, Ivana
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The COVID-19 pandemic affected many aspects of human life including consumer behavior. The main aim of this paper was to identify basic patterns of changes in consumer attitudes towards agri-food products under the influence of the 2020 pandemic and to better understand to what extent and what kind of food market problems appeared for the inhabitants of the Danube microregion. For this purpose, an explorative study was elaborated. Assuming that the experience of COVID-19 affected consumer attitudes and sense of food security, a hybrid survey was conducted in the Danube microregion (Croatia, Serbia and Romania) during 2022. Data collected from a total of 903 respondents were statistically analyzed in SPSS. Descriptive statistics, PCA, ANOVA and t-Test were employed. The main results have shown that although the surveyed population of the Danube microregion during the pandemic in 2020 was generally not afraid of food shortages, food was in most part available for their families and their... shopping habits have not changed to a large degree, the experience of the pandemic has raised the level of awareness about some issues related to food and specifically the prices of food products. Also, three different patterns of attitude and behavior towards food and agriculture, which emerged as a result of the experience of the pandemic in 2020, were identified. These patterns also proved to be different for different segments of the population. The findings suggest the need for stronger support for the development of locally affordable food systems with the use of ICT as a coping mechanism in crises.
Кључне речи:
COVID-19 pandemic / Danube microregion / survey / affectedness / consumer attitudesИзвор:
COVID, 2024, 4, 3, 409-428Издавач:
- Basel : MDPI
Финансирање / пројекти:
- The effect of pandemic on agriculture products in Danube region—how safe we are (2022-3), funded by CASEE association—the ICA Regional Network for Central and South Eastern Europe
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FiVeRTY - JOUR AU - Iljkić, Dario AU - Klepač, Olgica AU - Užar, Dubravka AU - Samfira, Ionel AU - Dunđerski, Dušan AU - Haman, Daniel AU - Zoican, Catalin AU - Majić, Ivana AU - Varga, Ivana PY - 2024 UR - http://fiver.ifvcns.rs/handle/123456789/4418 AB - The COVID-19 pandemic affected many aspects of human life including consumer behavior. The main aim of this paper was to identify basic patterns of changes in consumer attitudes towards agri-food products under the influence of the 2020 pandemic and to better understand to what extent and what kind of food market problems appeared for the inhabitants of the Danube microregion. For this purpose, an explorative study was elaborated. Assuming that the experience of COVID-19 affected consumer attitudes and sense of food security, a hybrid survey was conducted in the Danube microregion (Croatia, Serbia and Romania) during 2022. Data collected from a total of 903 respondents were statistically analyzed in SPSS. Descriptive statistics, PCA, ANOVA and t-Test were employed. The main results have shown that although the surveyed population of the Danube microregion during the pandemic in 2020 was generally not afraid of food shortages, food was in most part available for their families and their shopping habits have not changed to a large degree, the experience of the pandemic has raised the level of awareness about some issues related to food and specifically the prices of food products. Also, three different patterns of attitude and behavior towards food and agriculture, which emerged as a result of the experience of the pandemic in 2020, were identified. These patterns also proved to be different for different segments of the population. The findings suggest the need for stronger support for the development of locally affordable food systems with the use of ICT as a coping mechanism in crises. PB - Basel : MDPI T2 - COVID T1 - A Case Study of Consumer’s Attitudes towards Agro-Food Markets in Danube Microregion in COVID-19 Pandemic EP - 428 IS - 3 SP - 409 VL - 4 DO - 10.3390/covid4030027 ER -
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Iljkić, D., Klepač, O., Užar, D., Samfira, I., Dunđerski, D., Haman, D., Zoican, C., Majić, I.,& Varga, I.. (2024). A Case Study of Consumer’s Attitudes towards Agro-Food Markets in Danube Microregion in COVID-19 Pandemic. in COVID Basel : MDPI., 4(3), 409-428. https://doi.org/10.3390/covid4030027
Iljkić D, Klepač O, Užar D, Samfira I, Dunđerski D, Haman D, Zoican C, Majić I, Varga I. A Case Study of Consumer’s Attitudes towards Agro-Food Markets in Danube Microregion in COVID-19 Pandemic. in COVID. 2024;4(3):409-428. doi:10.3390/covid4030027 .
Iljkić, Dario, Klepač, Olgica, Užar, Dubravka, Samfira, Ionel, Dunđerski, Dušan, Haman, Daniel, Zoican, Catalin, Majić, Ivana, Varga, Ivana, "A Case Study of Consumer’s Attitudes towards Agro-Food Markets in Danube Microregion in COVID-19 Pandemic" in COVID, 4, no. 3 (2024):409-428, https://doi.org/10.3390/covid4030027 . .