Journal of Agricultural Science and Food Research
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Worldwide Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic On Agriculture

Cho Dheng^{* *}Correspondence: Cho Dheng, School of Finance, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, China, Email:

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Introduction

The COVID-19 natural event has afraid the world's economies within the year of 2020. As this pandemic spreads round the globe, several consultants feared that the worldwide food provides would possibly begin running short, particularly if offer chains were noncontinuous. COVID-19 additionally supplementary to the uncertainty of the business operation. Therefore, it's essential to know however COVID-19 pandemic affected world food offer and market. during this study, we have a tendency to investigate the impact of COVID-19 on agricultural export firms in China employing a distinctive firm-level survey knowledge. we have a tendency to found that though on the average agricultural businesses skilled declines within the exports, exports of some agricultural merchandise particularly grain and oil control sturdy and even magnified, implying the essential demand for staple food throughout the pandemic. Not amazingly, exports of healthful herb additionally magnified considerably throughout the pandemic. However, exports {of goods|of merchandise} like edible plant and agriculture products sharply attenuated. Our results additionally showed that generally, impact of COVID-19 on smaller companies was a lot of severe than that on larger companies. The results of this study will give helpful steerage and implications for agricultural businesses and policy manufacturers on their COVID-19 mitigation efforts to navigate this world pandemic [1].

The objective of this study was to know the impacts of COVID-19 crisis in agriculture and food systems in Kingdom of Nepal and assess the effectiveness of measures to traumatize this crisis. The study attracts policy implications, particularly for farming systems resilience and therefore the accomplishment of SDGs one and a couple of. The findings square measure supported (i) 3 panel discussions over six months with policy manufacturers and consultants functioning at grassroots to know and manage the crisis, (ii) key informants' interviews, and (iii) an intensive literature review. Results discovered that the internment and transport restrictions have had severe consequences, raising queries on the accomplishment of SDGs one and a couple of, particularly within the already vulnerable regions addicted to food-aid. This crisis has additionally exposed the strengths and limitations of each subsistence and industrial farming systems in terms of resiliency, providing necessary lessons for policy manufacturers. ancient farming seems to be somewhat resilient, with a possible to contribute to key pillars of food security, particularly access and stability, tho' with restricted contributions to food availableness thanks to low productivity. On the opposite hand, industrial farming - restricted to the outer boundary of market centres, cities, and rising cities and within the accessible areas - was a lot of compact because of the dearth of resilient offer networks to achieve even the native market [2].

The COVID-19 pandemic has seriously affected the rural and remittance-based economy of Kingdom of Nepal. Dwindling the utilization opportunities and disrupting the food production and distribution channels, the pandemic has more exacerbated the state and food insecurity state of affairs. Providing employment opportunities and sustenance support to pandemic-affected households has, therefore, become more and more difficult however a necessary priority to the govt.. Therefore, to create a property and resilient economy that generates employment and enhance agricultural productivity, improvement of the constraintsridden agriculture sector is important because it still contributes sixty fifth and twenty four.3% to employment and Gross Domestic Product, severally. Against this backcloth, this paper presents major pathways and priority actions to construct and revitalize the expansion of the agricultural sector in Kingdom of Nepal whereas addressing the challenge posed by the pandemic to get employment and income-earning opportunities. we have a tendency to emphasize the requirement for scale-appropriate methods, programs and plans to create resilience of production, offer chains, and factory farm systems [3].

South Asia is one in every of the foremost densely inhabited regions within the world. With five-hitter of the worldwide agricultural land, South Asian farmers ought to feed over two hundredth of the worldwide population. South Asia is additionally one in every of the poorest regions within the word with regarding common fraction of the world's poor living during this region. global climate change has become a pressing issue in south Asia ravaging agriculture and threatening food security. global climate change affects the elemental basis of agriculture through changes in temperature, precipitation and weather, and by exacerbating the occurrences of floods, droughts and warmth stress. Like global climate change, a virulent disease may be a world risk. The novel Corona virus (COVID-19) has more noncontinuous several activities in agriculture and provide chains in South Asia, more combining the challenges of food and nutrition security and sustaining livelihoods. South Asian farmers square measure currently facing double challenges of addressing the impacts of fixing climate and managing the disruption arising from the Covid-19 pandemic [4].

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