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2. Activating the local food system in emergency food response
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Ollove, Andy (author) and Hamdi, Samiha (author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 2021-01-22
- Published:
- United States: Lyson Center fo r Civic Agriculture and Food Systems
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D12096
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol 10 No 2 (2021): Special Issue: The Impact of COVID-19 on the Food System
- Notes:
- 3 pgs., Online Journal, Resilient local food systems are a necessary component to keep our communities healthy, especially during times of emergency. With a history of supporting local farmers and food access in less-resourced communities, Fresh Approach was in a prime position at the time of shelter-in-place orders to pivot our efforts to emergency food relief in this time of uncertainty. By collaborating and mobilizing resources, Fresh Approach was able to strengthen existing connections with small farmers, build new relationships with other food access nonprofits, and support families in need by providing them with farm-fresh, local, and healthy produce. We outline how these partnerships and collective efforts have fortified a resilient and transformative food system in our area.
3. Advertising supports California avocado peak season
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- California Avocado Commission (author)
- Format:
- Press release
- Publication Date:
- 2021-04-04
- Published:
- USA: The Packer
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 207 Document Number: D13043
- Notes:
- 2 pages
4. Contribution of small-scale farming and local food supply to sustainable production and food security in Nigeria – A review
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Olugbire, Oluseyi Olutoyin (author), Sunmbo,Olorunfemi (author), and Olarewaju,Titilope Omolara (author)
- Format:
- Review
- Publication Date:
- 2021
- Published:
- Poland: University of Life Sciences in Poznań
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12704
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol 59, N.1
- Notes:
- 10 pages, Prior to the year 1970, agriculture was the main source of livelihood and backbone of the Nigerian economy until the discovery of oil drastically decelerated its potential to sustainably maintain food security and generate significant export earnings. Despite its sudden fall in productivity, agriculture still remains the main sector providing the highest employment (70% of the population) for the populace. To tackle these problems, many policies were formulated (from 1960 to 2015) to resuscitate the sector but to no availdue to failure in tailoring suitable policies to engage small-scale farmers and address other socio-economic problems. This paper constitutes an in-depth review of agricultural production and food security in Nigeria with relative importance attributed to local food supply and small-scale farmers. The article analyzes several documents of the Nigerian Government and international organizations, such as the Food and Agricultural Organization, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and a number of peer-reviewed journals across various disciplines to provide a balanced interdisciplinary review. The paper concludes that food insecurity is at its peak in Nigeria and urgent attention is required in the agricultural sector to compensate for the unstable food balance in the country. There is a need for the Government to take strong measures against the food deficit situation and to support the development of the primary agriculture sector. The paper proposes viable policies that could involve smallholders, aid transformation and positively restructure the agricultural sector.
5. Price Fairness of Processed Tomato Agro-Food Chain: The Italian Consumers’ Perception Perspective
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Samoggia, Antonella (author), Grillini, Giulia (author), and Del Prete, Marherita (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2021-04-30
- Published:
- Switzerland: MDPI
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12509
- Journal Title:
- Foods
- Journal Title Details:
- 10 (5)
- Notes:
- 20 pages, Food consumers are increasingly searching for emotions and values when purchasing and consuming food. They search for products that ensure social and environmental sustainability, in addition to more common extrinsic product attributes, such as price, packaging, origin, and brand. In particular, there is increasing interest in product price fairness. The current study aims at exploring consumers’ perception and understanding of price fairness, focusing on the processed tomato products agro-food chain. The study interviewed 832 people. Data were collected through an online questionnaire with the support of Qualtrics software, and data elaboration was carried out with Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS). The elaboration includes an Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) to identify existing latent factors in the consumers’ perception of enabling agro-food system elements influencing farmers’ reception of fair prices. Then, factor mean values were cross-analysed with socio-economic characteristics and processed tomato consumption habits with Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). Results support the idea that consumers are limitedly aware of the processed tomato agro-food chain dynamics and consider farmers as the most unfairly remunerated partner. Women and frequently purchasing consumers of processed tomato products believe farmers should be treated more fairly. There is a difference between what consumers perceive as fair price distribution and actual price distribution among processed tomato chain actors. Further studies may focus on how fairness attribute impacts on consumer purchasing behaviour.
6. Research ID's keys to consumer acceptance of ag technology
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- Press release
- Publication Date:
- 2021-09-29
- Published:
- USA: Food Industry Executive
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 207 Document Number: D13121
7. US consumers’ online shopping behaviors and intentions during and after the covid-19 pandemic
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Jensen, Kimberly L. (author), Yenerall, Jackie (author), Chen, Xuqi (author), and Edward Yu, T. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2021-08-31
- Published:
- UK: Cambridge University Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12869
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 53, Iss. 3
- Notes:
- 19 pages, A study of 1,558 US households in June 2020 evaluated utilization of online grocery shopping during the COVID-19 pandemic, influences on utilization, and plans for future online grocery shopping. Nearly 55 percent of respondents shopped online in June 2020; 20 percent were first-timers. Cragg model estimates showed influences on online shopping likelihood and frequency included demographics, employment, and prior online shopping. Illness concerns increased likelihood, while food shortage concerns increased frequency of online shopping. A multinomial probit suggested 58 percent respondents planned to continue online grocery shopping regardless of pandemic conditions.
8. Understanding the impact of covid-19 on agriculture and food supply chains: system dynamics modeling for the resilience of smallholder farmers
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Balkan, Büsra Atamer (author), Lindqvist, Andreas Nicolaidis (author), Odoemena, Kelechi (author), Lambd, Robert (author), Tiongco, Monique Ann (author), Gupta, Stueti (author), Peterud, Arpitha (author), and Menendez III, Hector Manuel (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2021-09
- Published:
- Germany: CENTMA Research
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12695
- Journal Title:
- International Journal on Food System Dynamics
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 12, N. 3
- Notes:
- 16 pages, COVID-19 has caused severe agriculture and food supply chain disruptions, significantly affecting smallholder farmers who supply most of the world’s food, specifically their changes in vulnerability, resilience, and food loss and waste. Therefore, the objective of this study was to understand the complex causal and feedback relationships for this system by developing a dynamic hypothesis and causal loop diagrams utilizing the System Dynamics methodology. Results provide a roadmap for dialogue and a framework for case-specific model development and help to guide policy decisions for smallholder farmers’ survival during health crises.