13/02/2021
Series 2
Challenges of Agricultural Production due to COVID-19🥶🥶
-Impact on Food and Agricultural Production II
As the virus spreads, cases mount and measures tighten, there are numerous ways, however, that the global food system will be tested and strained in the coming weeks and months.
As of now, disturbance are minimal as food supply has been adequate and markets have been stable so far. However, we have already seen challenges in terms of logistics backups (not being able to move food from point A to point B), which have by then (midApril 2020) been largely resolved; and likely, there brought to marketv is less food of highvalue commodities (i.e. fruits and vegetables) being, As of April, May 2020, There was disruptions in the food supply chains.
For example: restrictions of movement, as well as basic aversion behaviors by workers, food processors limited farmers from farming and who handle the vast majority of agricultural products from processing. Shortage of fertilizers, veterinary medicines and other input could affect agricultural production. Closures of restaurants and less frequent grocery shopping diminished demand for fresh produce and fisheries products, affecting producers and suppliers. Sectors in agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture are particularly affected by restrictions on tourism, closure of restaurants and café and school meals suspension.
In any scenario, the most affected will be the poorest and most vulnerable segments of the population, (including migrants, the displaced, and those hit by conflict). Countries in digressive crises also suffer from underinvestment in public health, which heightened the pandemic’s impacts
Lovelies,Stay tuned for the next Covid-19 series on Agriculture😌😌
Akinola Heritage
Head, Content writer