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Lopez and Kuhar, 2022). Social distancing was also an occasion for 
people  to  suer  from  boredom  and  anxiety,  which  probably  led  to 
consuming more unhealthy foods, more alcohol, and higher tobacco 
use rates (Vargas-Ramella et al., 2021). 
The pandemic also has driven changes in purchase patterns, 
granting preference to online markets over in-person sales. COVID-19 
led to many people being limited to home delivery apps for food in 
developed and developing countries alike (Aguilar-Lopez and Kuhar, 
2022). 
Surveys in Ecuador have shown that during the COVID-19 
pandemic, consumers have opted to look more closely at nutritional 
labels, choosing healthier foods. The same study armed that 82 % 
of  survey  respondents  had  positive  inuences from  the  COVID-19 
pandemic, consuming less junk food, eating a balanced diet, and 
drinking enough water (Cordero-Ahiman et al., 2022). A survey in 
Brazil showed that packaged food consumption rose by 38 %, and over 
half (55 %) of respondents increased their fresh food consumption 
(Leal Filho et al., 2022).
The need of a transition from the globalized food system 
towards a more equitable and resilient has become apparent given 
its fragility due to the COVID-19 (Altieri & Nicholls, 2020). In this 
line, according to Paudel et al., (2023), policymakers should reinforce 
the  diversication  of  production  as  well  as  supply  chains  to  build 
a resilient food system in the face of the challenges posed by the 
COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and wars. 
Rebuilding food systems in the wake of COVID-19 presents a 
particular challenge to countries whose economies have been severely 
aected; but it also presents an opportunity not just to restore, but also 
to fundamentally transform those systems (Webb  et al., 2021).
Conclusions
The  COVID-19  pandemic  has  had  important  eects  on  global 
supply chains. Data collected showed that the eects on production 
and marketing were the most reported for the entire agrifood chain. 
There were also disparities between Latin American countries with 
respect to the eects reported for each chain link.  
The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic were generally 
negative,  mainly  on  production  due  to  diculties  of  labor  force 
mobility, disruption of the supply chain, closure of foreign markets 
and increased transportation costs. In this sense, transportation was 
the link with the most diculties due to restrictions in mobilization 
and permits, even though it was the least referenced. This also had 
a negative impact on processing, reporting raw material shortages 
and interruption or closure of industries. In Consumption link, was 
reported that stress and the decrease in purchasing power caused by 
connement, resulted in a decrease in protein products demand. 
Some  positive  eects  were  reported:  the  development  of  local 
markets due to reduced competition and the easier access to food, also 
the emergence of alternative products and digital markets with direct 
home delivery. Likewise, a change to healthy habits or preferring 
domestic and less processed products was reported.
Agricultural policies designers should consider these results to 
propose strategies for adapting local markets, product diversication 
and alternatives of transportation and food comercialization in order 
to development more resilient agrifood chains that can face challenges 
such as those caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.  
Funding source
This work was funded by the Chilean National Agency for 
Research and Development (ANID) trougth the grant FOVI210046. 
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