Vegetable production under COVID-19 pandemic in China: An analysis based on the data of 526 households

The COVID-19 pandemic had an enormous impact on the vegetable supply chain in China. Effective evaluation of the pandemic's influences on vegetable production is vital for policy settings to enhance the security of vegetable supply. Based on first-hand data from 526 households, we explored regi...

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Main Authors: Jie-hong ZHOU, Fei HAN, Kai LI, Yu WANG
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Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2020-12-01
Series:Journal of Integrative Agriculture
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description The COVID-19 pandemic had an enormous impact on the vegetable supply chain in China. Effective evaluation of the pandemic's influences on vegetable production is vital for policy settings to enhance the security of vegetable supply. Based on first-hand data from 526 households, we explored regional differences in different types of loss and potential factors affecting the severity farmer households suffered during the pandemic. The results underline that sales contraction and price volatility in the context of interruption of supply chain dominate the total losses during the pandemic. Such losses differ across provinces and are more substantial in provinces with stricter confinement measures. Farmer households' participation in local market and modern marketing methods helps mitigate the negative effects of the COVID-19 shock, while labor hiring and facilities adoption in production widen the losses due to the shortage in the workforce. In the future, the vegetable industry practitioners and relevant government departments should work together to coordinate the development of short and long supply chains and strengthen the stability and security of the vegetable supply chain.
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spelling doaj-art-fb9171a5c25d48ee8c26cf1619f48a002025-08-20T03:58:04ZengKeAi Communications Co., Ltd.Journal of Integrative Agriculture2095-31192020-12-0119122854286510.1016/S2095-3119(20)63366-4Vegetable production under COVID-19 pandemic in China: An analysis based on the data of 526 householdsJie-hong ZHOU0Fei HAN1Kai LI2Yu WANG3China Academy for Rural Development, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, P.R. China; Correspondence ZHOU Jie-hongChina Academy for Rural Development, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, P.R. China; Correspondence HAN FeiResearch Center for Food Safety and Green Agricultural Development, Qufu Normal University, Rizhao 276826, P.R. China; Correspondence LI KaiChina Academy for Rural Development, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, P.R. China; Correspondence WANG YuThe COVID-19 pandemic had an enormous impact on the vegetable supply chain in China. Effective evaluation of the pandemic's influences on vegetable production is vital for policy settings to enhance the security of vegetable supply. Based on first-hand data from 526 households, we explored regional differences in different types of loss and potential factors affecting the severity farmer households suffered during the pandemic. The results underline that sales contraction and price volatility in the context of interruption of supply chain dominate the total losses during the pandemic. Such losses differ across provinces and are more substantial in provinces with stricter confinement measures. Farmer households' participation in local market and modern marketing methods helps mitigate the negative effects of the COVID-19 shock, while labor hiring and facilities adoption in production widen the losses due to the shortage in the workforce. In the future, the vegetable industry practitioners and relevant government departments should work together to coordinate the development of short and long supply chains and strengthen the stability and security of the vegetable supply chain.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095311920633664COVID-19vegetable supply chainfarmer household fragilityordered probit model
spellingShingle Jie-hong ZHOU
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Yu WANG
Vegetable production under COVID-19 pandemic in China: An analysis based on the data of 526 households
Journal of Integrative Agriculture
COVID-19
vegetable supply chain
farmer household fragility
ordered probit model
title Vegetable production under COVID-19 pandemic in China: An analysis based on the data of 526 households
title_full Vegetable production under COVID-19 pandemic in China: An analysis based on the data of 526 households
title_fullStr Vegetable production under COVID-19 pandemic in China: An analysis based on the data of 526 households
title_full_unstemmed Vegetable production under COVID-19 pandemic in China: An analysis based on the data of 526 households
title_short Vegetable production under COVID-19 pandemic in China: An analysis based on the data of 526 households
title_sort vegetable production under covid 19 pandemic in china an analysis based on the data of 526 households
topic COVID-19
vegetable supply chain
farmer household fragility
ordered probit model
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095311920633664
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