Assessing impacts of COVID-19 on aquatic food system and small-scale fisheries in Bangladesh

Sunny, Atiqur Rahman; Sazzad, Sharif Ahmed; Prodhan, Shamsul H.; Ashrafuzzaman, Md.; Datta, Gopal Chandra; Sarker, Ashoke Kumar; Rahman, Mizanur; Mithun, Mahmudul Hasan

doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104422

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“…However, in terms of production from single-species culture explicitly monoculture of Tilapia (Oreaochromis niloticus), Bangladesh ranked 4 th in the world and became 3 rd in Asia. The national fish hilsa (Tenualosa ilisha) solely contributed around 12.15% to the total fish production in the country and has been awarded the national Geographical Indication Registration Certificate [7,8]. 1).…”

Section: Inland Fish Productionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The livelihood status of the fishing communities also affected by various types of seasonal stress. Ban period and seasonal shifts in the fish availability make the fishers more vulnerable depending on the availability of fishes [8,37].…”

Section: Status Of Fisher's Livelihoodmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…According to the consent of 83% of respondents that they couldn't maintain the necessary precaution and measures (maintenance of social distance, use of hand sanitiser, soap, mask and other protective equipment) required during COVID-19 due to poor income. About 45% thought them helpless in terms of treatment due to inadequate facilities [8].…”

Section: Response Of Dependent Stakeholdersmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…COVID-19 has transformed the fish markets, homestead and commercial aquatic food production system drastically in Bangladesh (SDG12-responsible production and consumption) . Usually, marginal fish farmers cultured fish mainly to meet their nutritional demand and sold the remaining production to add some extra money to their family income [8]. Due to lockdown, they couldn't collect input timely as well didn't get the usual service from any organization.…”

Section: Marketsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Around 12% of the total population of Bangladesh is involved in the fisheries sector directly and indirectly [7]. It contributes 3.50% to the national GDP and around 25.72% to the agricultural GDP and also provides a significant share of (around 24%) animal proteins to the country population [7,8].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Fisheries in the Context of Attaining Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Bangladesh: COVID-19 Impacts and Future Prospects<strong> </strong>

Sunny¹,

Prodhan²,

Ashrafuzzaman³

et al. 2021

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Bangladesh has achieved tremendous progress in the fisheries sector that is making evidential contribution to food security, nutrition and livelihoods. Based on secondary data collected from the Department of Fisheries, Bangladesh and related un-published grey literature, this paper highlights the performance and challenges of the fisheries with emphasis on COVID-19 impact as well as the significance of this sector for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The total fish production is increased more than six times over the last three decades (7.54 to 43.84 lakh MT) due to the dissemination of improved culture techniques and extension services. Inland closed water contributions have been increasing to 16.24%, while inland open water have declined 10.23% and marine fisheries have dropped 6.27% over the past 18 financial years (2000-2001 to 2018-2019). COVID-19, a major health crisis has also affects various issues associated with aquatic resources and communities. Transportation obstacles and complexity in the food supply, abstraction to start production, labour crisis, sudden illness, poor consumer demand, commodity price hike, creditor's pressure and reduced income were identified as affecting COVID-19 drivers. The combined effect of these drivers poses a significant threat to people’s income (SDG1- eliminate poverty), nutrition (SDG2- erase hunger), food security (SDG3- good health and wellbeing, and SDG12- responsible consumption and production) that demands comprehensive actions. Several recommendations have been elicited, which are important to implement for the achievement of SDGs as well management and imprvement of the aquatic sector (SDG14- life below and SDG16- life above water) .

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Section: Inland Fish Productionmentioning

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Section: Response Of Dependent Stakeholdersmentioning

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Section: Marketsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Fisheries in the Context of Attaining Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Bangladesh: COVID-19 Impacts and Future Prospects<strong> </strong>

Sunny¹,

Prodhan²,

Ashrafuzzaman³

et al. 2021

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Shocks and the determinants of resilience: Fish and shrimp value chains in Bangladesh after Covid‐19

Kabir¹,

Khaled

Narayanan³

et al. 2023

Applied Eco Perspectives Pol

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There is little systematic evidence on the resilience of South Asian agri‐food value chains since the onset of Covid‐19. Using two rounds of surveys of 1751 fish and shrimp value chain actors in Bangladesh, this paper undertakes two sets of tasks: (a) analyzes business continuity (closures and resumptions) and its implications for household food security, and (b) adapts a ten‐item measure of subjective resilience and examines its predictors: diversity, scope, scale, vertical integration, and cluster effects. Results show that recent closures are linked to Covid‐19, suggesting that firms were only able to sustain operations for a period of 8–9 months before folding due to cumulative stresses; and that the degree of resilience varies significantly across value chains and the segments within them. Interestingly, contrary to established stylized facts, clusters appear to be negatively correlated with resilience, indicating that cooperation among value chain actors within a cluster breaks down under large‐scale covariate shocks. The implications of these and other key findings are discussed.

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Impact of COVID‐19 on Bangladesh's agriculture sector and the ways forward to recovery: An overview

Islam

Hossain

Bekun

et al. 2023

Journal of Public Affairs

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A wide range of literature sources was explored to conduct this review, including journal articles, annual report, newspaper articles, and conference proceedings. The main keywords chosen in this study to conduct searches were "COVID-19," "agriculture," "impact," "crop production," "livestock sector," "aquaculture and fisheries sector," "Bangladesh," "COVID-19 recovery," "agro-based industries," "fruits production and marketing," and "international trade." The search included both scientific and gray literature relevant to our research topic. The scientific literature included both peer-reviewed and nonpeer-reviewed articles, whereas gray literature comprised annual organizational and governmental reports. Google Scholar, Scopus, ProQuest, and Web of Science were among the databases searched.Other sources of retrieving literature included concurrent newspaper articles and different reports. The results of these searches were confined to English literature published between the years 2020 and 2021, which coincides with COVID-19's arrival. It is important to note that we were unable to follow the systematic literature review due to the unavailability of research articles in all sub-sectors of agriculture, allowing us to offer an overview of the impact instead. As a result, we relied on some reports from international and national agencies, government reports, and working papers alongside the published research articles to create an overview.The incorporation of secondary data in conjunction with a survey of related literature constitutes the mixed method approach employed in this study. This is because, in the mid-stage of COVID-19, not all parts of the agriculture sectors were adequately explored; as a result, no literature was accessible on certain issues, such as the change in the price of agricultural commodities. As a result, we gathered secondary data from the government database that updates the daily pricing data of various major agricultural commodities in order to illustrate the impact. However, the secondary data used in this study was collected from the website of the Department of Agricultural Marketing (http://www.dam.gov.bd/), Ministry of Agriculture, Government of Peoples Republic of Bangladesh. In addition, we identified multiple break dates in farm-level broiler meat, egg, and milk prices using the Bai-perron test to pinpoint the exact date when the situation worsened due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Assessing impacts of COVID-19 on aquatic food system and small-scale fisheries in Bangladesh

Cited by 67 publications

References 15 publications

Fisheries in the Context of Attaining Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Bangladesh: COVID-19 Impacts and Future Prospects<strong> </strong>

Fisheries in the Context of Attaining Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Bangladesh: COVID-19 Impacts and Future Prospects<strong> </strong>

Shocks and the determinants of resilience: Fish and shrimp value chains in Bangladesh after Covid‐19

Impact of COVID‐19 on Bangladesh's agriculture sector and the ways forward to recovery: An overview

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