Publication record
- Original publication period
- July–December 2020
- Digitized / uploaded online
- August 10, 2026
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Abstract
Market closure interrupts a circuit rather than a single selling event. Farmers lose a destination for perishable harvests, vendors lose foot traffic and working capital, transporters lose viable routes, and households lose familiar access points. This supply-chain review traces five connected functions: production planning, aggregation, transport, exchange, and market feedback. Philippine and international evidence available through 2021 indicates that movement restrictions and uneven local enforcement could create bottlenecks even when agricultural production continued. The article proposes a Local Food-Market Circuit model for designing temporary markets, pickup points, mobile selling, institutional procurement, and digital ordering without ignoring grading, payment, cold storage, health protection, or unsold-product risk. It also separates emergency disposal reduction from long-term market development. The framework is conceptual and does not estimate losses among farmers or vendors in a particular municipality.