Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on household consumption pattern of dairy products in India

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gunjan Bhandari ◽  
Priyanka Lal ◽  
Binita Kumari
Author(s):  
Luh Ade Yumita Handriani ◽  
Sudarsana Arka

This study aims to analyze the impact of the BPNT program on household consumption and consumption patterns of BPNT recipient households in Mengwi District, Badung Regency. This research was conducted in Mengwi District, Badung Regency using a questionnaire distributed to respondents with a large sample size of 96 KPM. This study uses path analysis techniques to analyze the direct effect and Sobel test to analyze the indirect effect. Based on path analysis, the results of the study concluded that the BPNT variable had a positive and significant effect on the consumption of BPNT recipient households in Mengwi District, Badung Regency. The BPNT variable has no effect on the consumption pattern of BPNT recipient households in Mengwi District, Badung Regency. The household consumption variable has a negative and significant effect on the consumption pattern of BPNT recipient households in Mengwi District, Badung Regency. The household consumption variable did mediate the effect of the BPNT Program on the consumption pattern of BPNT recipient households in Mengwi District, Badung Regency


2014 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 505 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Du ◽  
L. Zhen ◽  
R. de Groot ◽  
C. E. Goulden ◽  
X. Long ◽  
...  

Grassland ecosystems, as the basic natural resources in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, are becoming increasingly sensitive to human intervention, leading to deterioration in fragile ecosystems. The goal of this study was to describe the restoration policy-oriented adoptive changes to basic household consumption patterns of food, fuel, and water, and their spatial distribution by grassland types in the region. Basic household consumption data were collected in the meadow steppe (Hulun Buir), typical steppe (Xilin Gol), and semi-desert steppe (Ordos) ecosystems using structured questionnaires administered to 209 herders and farmers. In 2010, the householders’ intake comprised a low amount of agri-crops, including staple foods, vegetables and fruit with a high amount of meat, which still dominated the patterns of food consumption. However, the number of households preferring this pattern is decreasing and higher amounts of agri-crop and lower amounts of meat consumption pattern is increasing. From 1995 to 2010, fuel consumption patterns changed from being dominated by bio-fuels (dung) to being dominated mainly by electricity and gas. However, bio-fuel remains a major energy source for daily life in the meadow steppe ecosystem. In all three surveyed grassland types, the use of coal, electricity and gas increased from 1995 to 2010. The source of domestic water in all three surveyed areas is from groundwater, with an increasing trend to use tap water from a public supply rather than from privately owned wells.


2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 77
Author(s):  
Ian P. Cassar ◽  
Kurt Davison ◽  
Christian Xuereb

This paper explores the relationship between government debt and private consumption for Malta. In particular, it attempts to find evidence in favor or against the proposition that the consumption behavior of Maltese households follows the Ricardian Equivalence Theorem. The empirical findings from this analysis suggest that household consumption behavior in Malta is not Ricardian. The resulting lack of evidence supporting the presence of a cointegrating relationship between private consumption and public debt indicates that there is no long run relationship amongst these two variables. However, the results obtained from a subsequent application of a vector auto regressive generalized impulse response function suggests that in the short-term a rise in public debt does positively influence private household consumption. This implies that Keynesian theory may be better suited at explaining the underlying behavior of Maltese households in response to changes in the level of public debt, supporting the view that Maltese households, on aggregate, exhibit a myopic behavior with regards to household consumption patterns. This suggests that to an extent, the Government may thus be able to take advantage of the implicit effectiveness of an expansionary fiscal stance to stimulate the economy through higher aggregate consumption, at least in the short run. However, it should be noted that in the case of Malta the non-presence of the Ricardian Equivalence Theorem may not necessarily imply a high level of effectiveness of Keynesian fiscal policy, given that Malta is a small and open economy characterized by a high level of import content in its aggregate demand components. The longer-term implications pertaining to the public debt burden on future generations should be taken into account by policy makers as higher levels of debt could result in an eventual contractionary fiscal stance, which would negatively impact the consumption pattern of future generations.


Author(s):  
Ashish A. Uikey ◽  
Mehul G. Thakkar

Understanding and monitoring the behaviour of consumers is vital for producers of products and services which help them for market development, new product design, packaging and promotional efforts, so as to suit for milk consumers. Also, to know about how the milk sales were affected during COVID-19, the project was undertaken. The descriptive cross sectional research design was used. The place of study was Nagpur City of Maharashtra and duration was 1st July to 31st July 2020. The data has been collected from 100 milk consumers. Non-Probability Convenience sampling method was used. Primary data was collected through Personal Interview Method by meeting consumers. Secondary data was collected from journals, Research papers, and Company website. Descriptive Statistics method such as Percentage, Averages, Rankings, etc. was used to analyze the data. Graphical analysis was used to achieve the objectives of the study. It was found that Roadside vendors (54.29%) were the major source for purchase of packaged milk followed by Kirana stores (37.14%). Major important source for getting information about the milk brands was Television (47.14%), followed by Newspapers (37.14%), Retailers (14.29%) respectively. It was observed that among various attributes that affect purchase of milk, Taste was the most important attribute, followed by Quality, Brand Image, Packaging and Price respectively. The study with reference to homemade dairy products revealed that majority of the respondents (76%) were not making dairy products at home, only near about 1/4th respondents (24%) were making dairy products at home. During Lockdown majority of the respondents (63%) had no change in their milk consumption, while for near about 1/4th respondents (23%) consumption was increased and for some respondents (14%) consumption was decreased. For 23% respondents 250ml increase in milk consumption was seen. For majority of the respondents (65.22%) the reason for increase in milk consumption was All family members staying at home and for rest of the respondents (34.78%) it was Work from home. For 10% respondents 250ml decrease in milk consumption was seen and for 4% respondents 500ml decrease was seen. For majority of the respondents (78.57%) the reason for decrease in milk consumption was Financial issues.


2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongyan Zhao ◽  
Guannan Geng ◽  
Qiang Zhang ◽  
Steven J. Davis ◽  
Xin Li ◽  
...  

Abstract Substantial quantities of air pollution and related health impacts are ultimately attributable to household consumption. However, how consumption pattern affects air pollution impacts remains unclear. Here we show, of the 1.08 (0.74–1.42) million premature deaths due to anthropogenic PM2.5 exposure in China in 2012, 20% are related to household direct emissions through fuel use and 24% are related to household indirect emissions embodied in consumption of goods and services. Income is strongly associated with air pollution-related deaths for urban residents in which health impacts are dominated by indirect emissions. Despite a larger and wealthier urban population, the number of deaths related to rural consumption is higher than that related to urban consumption, largely due to direct emissions from solid fuel combustion in rural China. Our results provide quantitative insight to consumption-based accounting of air pollution and related deaths and may inform more effective and equitable clean air policies in China.


The study highlighted the income and consumption pattern of the marginal and small farmers in the three agro-climatic zones of Punjab for 2011-12. It was found that out of the total net family income of these farmers, the majority was earned from crop and dairying, followed by income from non-farm activities. The net per capita annual income of marginal and small farmers was found to be as low as about 15361 and 26625. Corresponding to this, the annual per capita household consumption expenditure was 12144 and 13239. This situation depicted the vulnerability of these farmers to indebtedness in case of unforeseen expenditure situations. Also, there existed an income and consumption disparity in Punjab, whereby the poorer section accounts for less than one-fifth share of the total income and expenditure. There was a need to address the problems of this section in isolation as this section formed the major proportion of the farming population in the state and was most prone to economic misery.


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