Food acquisition and consumption issues of South Asian countries: a systematic literature review and future research agenda
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Key finding of the study
The study proposes several research themes, such as food quality standards, food security, nutrition, organic food consumption patterns, dietary diversity, and food intake.
Authors
Nirma Sadamali Jayawardena, University of Bradford, UK.
Narayanage Jayantha Dewasiri, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka
Summary
This study aims to present a systematic literature review and offer a future research agenda on food acquisition and consumption in South Asian countries. The first section offers a comprehensive systematic literature review with a documentation analysis using PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) guidelines. The study identifies several contemporary food acquisition and consumption issues in these countries. It proposes several research themes, such as food quality standard issues, food security issues, food nutrition issues, organic food consumption patterns, dietary diversity and food intake issues. The second section includes a future research agenda on food acquisition and consumption patterns on the key constructs, context and methodology. This study contributed to the existing literature by offering several contemporary issues and the scope of future food acquisition and consumption research areas, which may help policymakers, practitioners and scholars investigate the solutions.
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FIIB Business Review
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