A review on impacts of COVID-19 on global agricultural system and Scope for Bangladesh after pandemic

Abstract

COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating effect on the global food production system. Large-scale food producing countries restricted exports for food sovereignty, while small and import-dependent countries are at risk. After COVID-19 pandemic, integrated and planned action is necessary to overcome this global stalemate. In this review paper, we have tried to show the damage caused to global agriculture as well as in Bangladesh due to COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, the prospects and tasks of Bangladesh in the post-pandemic global economy have also been discussed. Due to the middlemen-based marketing system in Bangladesh, farmers have been deprived of their profits from the early period. The government should move forward with a long-term planning to find alternative food market such as processing and export alongside the one-way marketing system. On the other hand, it will benefit the farmers’ community of Bangladesh, as well as ensure global food security after this pandemic.

Vulnerability, Business Resilience, Mechanisms, and Challenges of Village (Barangay) Micro Business Enterprises in the New Normal

“…According to The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD, 2020b), while the pandemic presents some major issues for the food system in the short term, it also has the potential to expedite transformations in the food and agriculture sector to increase its resiliency amid a variety of concerns, including climate change. According to Haque et al (2022), another metric to assess the effects of COVID-19 is the resilience of the agricultural sector to the pandemic. Small farms, which mostly rely on family work, are more robust than large farms, which rely heavily on external labor.…”

“…Marchant-Forde and Boyle (2020) also contended that when difficulties arise, there are many opportunities for bottlenecks in the lengthy chain between farm and retail due to vertical integration and reliance on large, centralized meat processing plants. Haque et al (2022) further argued that at the same time, they argued that a crisis like this might be an "opportunity" for evaluating agricultural production systems and implementing more innovative tactics, sustainable practices, and digital agriculture solutions.…”

Urban Agriculture as an Alternative for the Sustainable Production of Maize and Peanut

“…According to the FAO, climatic change, the demand for food, and pollution increases each year, and the environment and the cities suffer the consequences of using indiscriminate resources that affect nature, which generate crisis and pandemic situations that affect the quality of life for humanity. In times of crisis, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the healthy and economic consequences are shown to the present day [1].…”