The economic well-being of smallholders and challenges during COVID-19 pandemic: A review

Suib, Nurul Atiqah binti Mohd; Salleh, Norlida Hanim Mohd; Ahmad, Mohd Fazim

doi:10.17221/344/2022-agricecon

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“…Our findings regarding the limited impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on agricultural production are consistent with a number of already published studies, such as Laborde et al (2020), Meuwissen et al (2021), Perrin andMartin (2021), andMohd Suib et al (2023).…”

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“…International efforts to control the virus inevitably not only affected the populations' daily lives but also caused economic shocks and affected the functioning of economies worldwide (Nicola et al 2020). Although agriculture does not seem to have received as much attention as some other sectors (Beckman and Countryman 2021), many issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic have inevitably arisen and affected farmers and their businesses (Mohd Suib et al 2023). As stated by Deconinck et al (2021), the COV-ID-19 pandemic has caused unexpected significant stresses on agricultural and food systems.…”

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The effects of COVID-19 crisis on small family farms: Empirical evidence from Visegrad countries

Blažková,

Svatošová,

Chmelíková

et al. 2023

Agric. Econ. - Czech

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This paper aims to investigate the effects of the COVID-19 crisis on small family farms in Visegrad countries and to provide evidence of how they have responded and coped with the crisis. We conducted our investigation using an exploratory qualitative research design based on 86 semistructured in-depth interviews with owners or responsible managers, and explored the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on different areas of their businesses, such as human resources, supplier--customer relations, production, distribution channels or strategies, price of inputs and outputs and business models. Our findings showed that small family farms have been resilient in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Several negative impacts were identified, such as a decrease in sales due to the closure of accommodation and restaurant services, delays in the supply of inputs, and minor problems with the availability of workers, but those were perceived to be moderate. However, the COVID-19 pandemic created not only difficult challenges but also opportunities for small farms. Based on our findings, three main recommendations regarding the adaptability and resilience of family farms in Visegrad countries have been formulated: i) the importance of a diversification strategy, ii) selling through short supply chains, and iii) digitalisation of agriculture.

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The effects of COVID-19 crisis on small family farms: Empirical evidence from Visegrad countries

Blažková,

Svatošová,

Chmelíková

et al. 2023

Agric. Econ. - Czech

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Main problems of food processing enterprises and ways to solve them

Alipbeki

Zhenskhan

Turekeldieva

et al. 2023

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The stability and security of the food system directly affects the socio-economic factors necessary for the survival of people. The purpose of the study is to provide the main mechanisms for its development and effective organization, conducting a scientific study of current problems in food processing enterprises of Kazakhstan. In order to analyze the current state of development of processing enterprises in the country applied the methods of statistical and economic, analytical, comparative analysis. To summarize the result obtained, systematic, monographic, and constructivist approaches were used. The article analyzes the prices of socially important food products in Kazakhstan for 2016– 2022, by socially important types of products for 2016–2022. The differences between the volume of production per capita and the rate of food consumption per capita have been studied. In addition, possible ways of solving the problem of food security of the country in the coming years are considered. In order to adequately provide the population with socially important types of food, it is important to strengthen the work of processing enterprises with the support of the state, taking into account the level of specialization of the regions. This proposal will simultaneously solve several problems in the country: a unique tool in improving the quality of products and the formation of price stability, increasing the share of domestic products on the domestic market, increasing export potential, creating a stable source of income for the rural population, an effective way to market products at favorable prices for farmers and small farms, the effective use of science and technology for agricultural specialists, high possibility of linking production.

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Impact of Covid-19 pandemic on Indonesia’s agricultural subsectors: an ARDL approach

Sembiring,

Tampubolon

2024

Agric. resour. econ.

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Purpose. The research aims to study the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on aggregate agricultural production and agricultural production per subsector, where the agricultural sector is divided into five subsectors, namely food crops, horticulture, plantations, livestock and fisheries. Methodology / approach. The Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) method is applied in this work. Using ARDL equations with restricted test cointegration, it generates both short-term and long-term models simultaneously. The analysis moves on to estimate the long-term and short-term models of (i) the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on total agricultural production and (ii) the impact of the pandemic on agricultural production per subsector. Results. In general, the Covid-19 pandemic had a negative but insignificant effect on Indonesia’s agricultural production. The effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on agricultural production (GDP) varies significantly from one subsector to another. The negative effect was in the food crops, horticulture and fisheries subsectors, but this negative effect was significant only for food crops. The pandemic had a positive effect on the plantation crops and livestock subsectors, but the positive effect was significant only for the livestock subsector. Based on the Error Correction Term (ECT) value, the speed of agricultural subsectors to return to long-run equilibrium is not the same. Originality / scientific novelty. Until now, research on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on agriculture has been based on the assumption that the agricultural sector is a homogeneous system. This study examines the agricultural sector by decomposing it into subsectors including food crops, horticulture, plantations, livestock, and fisheries. The results show that each subsector responds differently to shocks (due to the Covid-19 pandemic). As far as we can observe, this study is the first to decompose subsectors for Indonesia. In addition, studies related to the influence of the Covid-19 pandemic on agriculture using a dynamic econometric approach (using time series data) are still limited. Practical value / implications. The Covid-19 pandemic had an impact on production due to an increased unemployment and decreased purchasing power, which reduced demand for products from the food crops, horticulture, and livestock subsector, which in turn caused a decrease in production. Research results help the government in determining the best course of action to support the food crops, horticulture, and fisheries subsectors in the event that the Covid-19 pandemic creates unfavourable conditions. Future research proposals include: (i) a study of how the production function in the agricultural subsector can be used to estimate production in the event of unforeseen circumstances like the Covid-19 pandemic or an economic downturn; and (ii) a study of how the type of fiscal stimulus affects production in agricultural subsectors to determine the type of assistance based on the dominance of subsectors in a particular region.

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The economic well-being of smallholders and challenges during COVID-19 pandemic: A review

Cited by 3 publications

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The effects of COVID-19 crisis on small family farms: Empirical evidence from Visegrad countries

The effects of COVID-19 crisis on small family farms: Empirical evidence from Visegrad countries

Main problems of food processing enterprises and ways to solve them

Impact of Covid-19 pandemic on Indonesia’s agricultural subsectors: an ARDL approach

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