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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
卷 103, 期 2, 页码 448-465出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/ajae.12170
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Coronavirus; COVID-19; e-commerce; food demand; online food shopping; I10; Q13
Using data from Taiwan's largest agri-food e-commerce platform, we found that the coronavirus pandemic led to an increase in demand for online food shopping services, especially for grains, fresh fruit and vegetables, and frozen foods. Sales and customer numbers increased, benefiting small farms over agribusinesses, and there is a possibility of increased sales concentration on niche products.
We investigate how the coronavirus pandemic affected the demand for online food shopping services using data from the largest agri-food e-commerce platform in Taiwan. We find that an additional confirmed case of COVID-19 increased sales by 5.7% and the number of customers by 4.9%. The demand for grains, fresh fruit and vegetables, and frozen foods increased the most, which benefited small farms over agribusinesses. The variety of products sold on the e-commerce platform also increased during the pandemic, which suggests the concentration of sales on niche products could increase as more consumers are drawn to online platforms. Our investigation of mechanisms for the shift to online food shopping indicates that sales were highly responsive to COVID-19 media coverage and online content.
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