Covid-19 Impact on Agricultural Farmer’s Social, Physical, and Mental Health: A Literature Review

Abstract

Background: COVID-19 pandemic disrupted in many business sectors and affected negatively the agricultural sector. The objectives of this review are to determine the impact of COVID-19 in the social life, physical and mental of agricultural farmer.Method: This study was a literature review. The population in the study was farmers. The process of review was; identification of literature; screening questions; eligibility using inclusion criteria; and assessment of the quality of the studies. This review was conducted by identify relevant literature, in Science Direct, PubMed, Scopus and Google Scholar using the following keywords: “Covid-19” OR “Pandemic” combined with “farmer” “farmworker” “agricultural worker”. Articles found then be charted and analysis.Result: This review found 10 articles. The finding of this review showed that COVID 19 has impacted directly on the farmer’s life both on social life, physical and mental health.Conclusion: This finding showed that farmers problems should be addressed to prevent long-term negative consequences that impair the food system and enlarge current inequalities. Also, it should be developed and implemented the appropriate community-based mental health programs targeting farmers who impacted by pandemic and who are at risk to develop adverse mental health outcomes.

Organic and Conventional Farmers’ Mental Health: A Preliminary Study on the Role of Social Psychological Mediators

“…These data echo work highlighting the high incidences of anxiety, depression and even suicide in the farming environment compared to other occupational settings [61][62][63][64]. It thus remains important to consider the agricultural environment as a high-risk profession, particularly in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, whose negative impacts on farmers' mental health have already been demonstrated [65,66].…”