Compounding impacts of COVID-19, cyclone and price crash on vanilla farmers' food security and natural resource use.

ABSTRACT: The intersection of the COVID-19 pandemic with other crises can amplify vulnerabilities and push communities further into poverty. In low-income countries, the dual impacts of COVID-19 and extreme weather events, along with multidimensional poverty and structural vulnerabilities in agriculture can decimate farmer livelihoods. This study aims to understand the effects of individual and compounding crises (COVID-19, cyclones, and vanilla price collapse) on smallholder vanilla farmers and local coping strategies in Madagascar, one of the world's largest vanilla producers and poorest countries. We used semi-structured and scenario-based interviews across two case study villages with contrasting enforcement of forest regulations. We found that the impact of the pandemic, combined with the cyclo

SUBMITTER: Rakoto Harison H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11449340 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature