| Autor: |
Jessica A. C. Davies, Bethan R. Mead, Sofia Kourmpetli, Natalia Falagán, Charlotte A. Hardman, Lingxuan Liu |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2021 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Emerald Open Research, Vol 3 (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2631-3952 |
| DOI: |
10.35241/emeraldopenres.14186.1 |
| Popis: |
Household food insecurity and poor well-being have increased during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and resulting lockdown measures. Home food growing has been associated with improved food access and well-being, but it is unknown what role it plays during food supply crises and lockdown. It is also unclear how home food growing and social restrictions may affect opinions about growing food in urban areas (i.e., urban agriculture [UA]). A cross-sectional online survey was conducted during the UK national lockdown in March-April 2020 to measure home food growing, perceived food insecurity, well-being, and opinions of UA. The participants were 477 UK-based adults (369 female, mean age 39.57 years ± 13.36); 152 participants were engaged in home food growing prior to the pandemic. Responses were compared to data collected from a separate sample of participants before the pandemic (N = 583) to explore potential shifts in opinions about UA. Participants who engaged in home food growing had lower levels of food insecurity (U = 19894.50, z = -3.649, p |
| Databáze: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
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