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Review
. 2021 Feb 11:11:590816.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.590816. eCollection 2020.

Well-Designed Food Governance as Psychological Mechanism of Consumer Perceptions in the Context of Tourism Poverty Alleviation

Guo-Qing Huang  1 , Kuen-Lin Lin  2
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Well-Designed Food Governance as Psychological Mechanism of Consumer Perceptions in the Context of Tourism Poverty Alleviation

Guo-Qing Huang et al. Front Psychol. .

Abstract

Poverty is a challenge leading to food insecurity in people's minds. This article discusses food governance as a psychological mechanism to facilitate the sense of wellness in people's minds in the context of tourism poverty alleviation. Mainly, we argue that, when a government is implementing tourism poverty alleviation, not only are economic efforts, but also positive psychological feelings are required. We, thus, argue that sound food governance may increase the sense of wellness in the minds of people as food consumers by increasing food safety and security. This perspective paper contributes by explicating the influences of macrolevel governance design of safer and more secure food systems on people's psychological wellness, especially against the background of tourism poverty alleviation in developing countries.

Keywords: developing countries; food governance; micro- foundation; psychological remedy; tourism poverty alleviation.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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Conceptual framework (the orange lines mean “psychological mechanisms' influences” and the green lines mean “facilitation”).
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