The immediate impact of the first waves of the global COVID-19 pandemic on agricultural systems worldwide: Reflections on the COVID-19 special issue for …

E Stephens, J Timsina, G Martin, M van Wijk, L Klerkx… - Agricultural …, 2022 - Elsevier
CONTEXT In May 2020, approximately four months into the COVID-19 pandemic, the
journal's editorial team realized there was an opportunity to collect information from a …

Farmers' perception of the barriers that hinder the implementation of agriculture 4.0

F Da Silveira, SLC Da Silva, FM Machado… - Agricultural …, 2023 - Elsevier
CONTEXT Agriculture 4.0 can drive the growth of the agricultural production in emerging
countries like Brazil, which is known as one of the primary food and meat producers …

Technological innovation and agrifood systems resilience: The potential and perils of three different strategies

C Charatsari, ED Lioutas, M De Rosa… - Frontiers in Sustainable …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The interest in technological innovation has burgeoned in recent years. Theory and
research support the vital role of innovative technologies in enhancing agrifood systems …

Perceived effects of COVID-19 restrictions on smallholder farmers: Evidence from seven lower-and middle-income countries

J Hammond, K Siegal, D Milner, E Elimu, T Vail… - Agricultural …, 2022 - Elsevier
CONTEXT The COVID-19 pandemic caused unprecedented global disruption and continues
to wreak havoc. Dire predictions were made about the risks to smallholder farmers in lower …

COVID-19 lockdown and the forestry sector: Insight from Gandaki province of Nepal

HK Laudari, S Pariyar, T Maraseni - Forest Policy and Economics, 2021 - Elsevier
Almost all countries have imposed large-scale mobility restrictions (or lockdown) to stop the
spreading of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The mobility restriction has disrupted all …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of COVID-19 pandemic on agricultural food production among smallholder farmers in Northern Drakensberg areas of Bergville, South Africa

BE Mthembu, X Mkhize, GD Arthur - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
COVID-19 pandemic has greatly affected social and economic activities in the agriculture
systems. The extent of pandemic disruptions on agriculture food production systems is …

[HTML][HTML] The impacts of the COVID-19 shock on sustainability and farmer livelihoods in Sri Lanka

S Rathnayake, D Gray, J Reid, T Ramilan - Current Research in …, 2022 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic and its handling in Sri Lanka has affected vegetable farmers in
numerous ways and these impacts will constrain the country's move towards sustainable …

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on farmers and their responses: A study of three farming systems in Kerala, South India

A Menon, D Schmidt-Vogt - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
Particularly in countries with an agrarian economy, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought
hardships faced by farmers into sharp focus. One of the most badly hit countries was India …

Smallholder farming during covid-19: A systematic review concerning impacts, adaptations, barriers, policy, and planning for future pandemics

AR Marsden, KK Zander, JA Lassa - Land, 2023 - mdpi.com
Our broad aim was to systematically analyse research on the effect of COVID-19 on
smallholder farming during 2019–2021 and to discuss how the research could be beneficial …

[HTML][HTML] The backbone of agrifood value chain resilience: Innovation in the Ecuadorian banana value chain from a historical perspective

C Coral, D Mithöfer - World Development Perspectives, 2023 - Elsevier
Given the accelerated global shifts and disruptions to agrifood value chains, an approach is
required that reveals multiple drivers, recognizable patterns, and behaviors that can be …