Exploring food shopping, consumption and waste habits in North Macedonia during the COVID-19 pandemic

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dc.citation.spage101150
dc.citation.volume82
dc.contributor.authorBogevska, Zvezda
dc.contributor.authorBerjan, Sinisa
dc.contributor.authorEl Bilali, Hamid
dc.contributor.authorSadegh Allahyari, Mohammad
dc.contributor.authorRadosavac, Adriana
dc.contributor.authorDavitkovska, Margarita
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-11T10:29:08Z
dc.date.available2023-05-11T10:29:08Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractHousehold food waste (FW) has huge environmental and socio-economic impacts. During the COVID-19 pandemic, a survey was carried out in North Macedonia to explore perceptions and attitudes towards FW at the household level. A self-administered questionnaire was available online from 15th of May until June 30, 2020 and the sample size was 754. A very high percentage of the respondents (94.16%) expressed a high awareness of food waste and declared to worry about this issue trying to avoid food waste as much as possible. Moreover, the results showed that 41.38% of the respondents think to waste a low amount of food while 27.98% state not to throw almost anything. Meanwhile, 52.39% of the respondents believe that they do not throw away food that is still consumable. About 22.54% of them think to throw less than 250 g followed by those who think to throw between 250 and 500 g (18.04%). The survey showed that the most wasted food groups are cereals and bakery products, fruit, vegetables, and milk and dairy products. Concerning economic value, most of the respondents (53.18%) believe to spend less than 5 EUR on food wasted while 42.04% of them think to spend between 5 and 25 EUR. Regarding shopping behaviour during COVID-19, only about a half of the respondents (48.28%) stated to go shopping like they used to do. The respondents declared that they have bought during COVID-19 more vegetables (72.30%) and fruits (68.60%), which might imply that they are moving towards healthier diets. It seems that food wastage has increased during the COVID-19 for about a third of the respondents (34.70%). The survey showed that the COVID-19 pandemic affected food purchase, wastage and consumption behaviours in North Macedonia. Such a finding should inform future policies and initiatives relating to agriculture, food and health during the recovery period
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.seps.2021.101150
dc.identifier.urihttps://vaseljena.ues.rs.ba/handle/123456789/125
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.sourceSocio-Economic Planning Sciences
dc.subjectFood waste Food shopping Food consumption COVID-19 Coronavirus
dc.titleExploring food shopping, consumption and waste habits in North Macedonia during the COVID-19 pandemic
dc.typeArticle
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