COVID-19 boosts Indonesian demand for local and functional foods Ria Hardiyati (a*), Indah Purwaningsih (a)
a) Research Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Policy and Management, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI)
* rhardiyati[at]gmail.com
Abstract
On early 2020, The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as a global pandemic. Thousands of people reported suffering from infections and deaths. This article explores the food demand for local and functional foods during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. It provides insights about demand of Indonesian people for local and functional foods as an opportunity of food industry in Indonesia before discussing the potency of local food and the benefit for human health. It also highlights the food security issues arising from the fact that some countries lockdown and there are difficulties to import food from other country. Finally, it underlines the importance of the potency of local source and regulation that needed in order to avoid or reduce the frequency of relevant food and health crises in the future.
Keywords: COVID-19; food demand; local food; functional food
