Immediate impacts of COVID-19 crisis on agricultural and food systems in the Caribbean.

ABSTRACT:

Context

In a region already plagued by food insecurity and challenges to the sustainability of the agricultural sector, the COVID-19 pandemic was a brutal shock in the Caribbean with immediate and significant socio-economic consequences.

Objective

In this paper, we assessed what are the immediate impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on the agricultural and food systems of the Caribbean.

Methods

To this end, we conducted online surveys among farmers, households and experts of the region. We assessed the nature, strength and reversibility of the impacts but also the factors of resilience in the face of the crisis.

Results and conclusions

Our study shows that the COVID-19 crisis has had strong impacts on Caribbean farmers and has weakened agricultural systems. The main

SUBMITTER: Blazy JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9759612 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature