The impacts of the COVID-19 shock on sustainability and farmer livelihoods in Sri Lanka

Rathnayake, Sanduni; Gray, David; Reid, Janet; Ramilan, Thiagarajah

doi:10.1016/j.crsust.2022.100131

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“…In Bangladesh, fish farmers followed a gradual reduction strategy due to decreased fish demand during the nationwide lockdown [15]. Similar instances were reported in the agricultural supply chain of China, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, India, and certain African countries, including Senegal, after COVID-19-related measures were imposed [12,[16][17][18][19][20][21]. In Europe, the business closure frequency in the form of complete shutdown or bankruptcy of agri-supply chain/operators increased during the lockdown period [22].…”

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Assessing the Economic Impacts of COVID-19 on the Aquaculture and Fisheries Sectors in Relation to Food Security: A Critical Review

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The aquaculture and fisheries sectors are critical sources of nutrition and employment generation in many developed and developing countries. Hence, any disruptions to these sectors due to the COVID-19 pandemic have a far-reaching impact, leading to a cascading chain of disorder affecting people’s food security and livelihoods. Relating to these fish sectors, we reviewed COVID-19’s implications for the food security of these vulnerable countries. The current study indicated that COVID-19 and its related preventive measures have severely disrupted the fish demand and supply chain by creating considerable fish price volatility. As a result, the vulnerable aquatic communities have adopted several short-term coping strategies, including fish overwintering, delayed fish stocking time, and feeding the overcrowded fish with low-priced food. Since the long-term coping strategies are still unclear, we recommended certain longstanding methods that are likely to safeguard food security and livelihoods if adopted.

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Assessing the Economic Impacts of COVID-19 on the Aquaculture and Fisheries Sectors in Relation to Food Security: A Critical Review

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“…75,76 Lockdowns were thought to have created the greatest economic impact on farmers engaged in cropping of perishables, such as vegetables; in contrast, rice was less prone to problems associated with market-ing interruptions. 77 With a drier first quarter of 2020 than usual and no unusual increases in rainfall for the remainder of 2020, rainfall patterns could not explain the increase in leptospirosis cases. Examination of changes in livestock numbers in regions with the highest cumulative incidence of leptospirosis in 2020 revealed a decrease in cattle and water buffalo population sizes from 2019 to 2020.…”

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A global one health perspective on leptospirosis in humans and animals

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Leptospirosis is a quintessential one health disease of humans and animals caused by pathogenic spirochetes of the genus Leptospira. Intra- and interspecies transmission is dependent on 1) reservoir host animals in which organisms replicate and are shed in urine over long periods of time, 2) the persistence of spirochetes in the environment, and 3) subsequent human-animal-environmental interactions. The combination of increased flooding events due to climate change, changes in human-animal-environmental interactions as a result of the pandemic that favor a rise in the incidence of leptospirosis, and under-recognition of leptospirosis because of nonspecific clinical signs and severe signs that resemble COVID-19 represents a “perfect storm” for resurgence of leptospirosis in people and domestic animals. Although often considered a disease that occurs in warm, humid climates with high annual rainfall, pathogenic Leptospira spp have recently been associated with disease in animals and humans that reside in semiarid regions like the southwestern US and have impacted humans that have a wide spectrum of socioeconomic backgrounds. Therefore, it is critical that physicians, veterinarians, and public health experts maintain a high index of suspicion for the disease regardless of geographic and socioeconomic circumstances and work together to understand outbreaks and implement appropriate control measures. Over the last decade, major strides have been made in our understanding of the disease because of improvements in diagnostic tests, molecular epidemiologic tools, educational efforts on preventive measures, and vaccines. These novel approaches are highlighted in the companion Currents in One Health by Sykes et al, AJVR, September 2022.

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“…Moreover, the country's agricultural sector was also affected during the pandemic by supply chain disruptions and labor shortages due to movement restrictions and the lockdown. This reduced Kenya's volume of agricultural products significantly reduced (Rathnayake et al, 2022). In addition, the pandemic reduced the consumption ability of domestic residents, making them unable to purchase the products (Rathnayake et al, 2022).…”

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“…This reduced Kenya's volume of agricultural products significantly reduced (Rathnayake et al, 2022). In addition, the pandemic reduced the consumption ability of domestic residents, making them unable to purchase the products (Rathnayake et al, 2022).…”

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Debt Crisis and National Bankruptcy: Evidence from Sri Lanka

Jiang¹

2022

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On May 19th this year, the central bank governor of Sri Lanka confirmed that the country could not repay its national debt due on April 18th in time (Jayasinghe & Pal, 2022). For the first time, Sri Lanka had defaulted on its sovereign debt since independence from Britain in 1948. It also announced its inability to continue paying for fuel (Jayasinghe & Pal, 2022). On July 6th, Sri Lanka declared national bankruptcy (Athas et al., 2022). This paper examined what led to Sri Lankan debt crisis and subsequent national bankruptcy and how the country could save itself from its situation. It analyzed secondary data from various published sources like news articles, journal articles, websites, and books. The study found that the country had high levels of external debt that outrun revenue. It also depends highly on imports to supply goods into the market. Its debt crisis was also influenced by economic shocks like the Russian-Ukraine war and the Covid-19 pandemic, which impaled production. Furthermore, the country's economic regulations were poor, making it unable to establish effective taxation, debt, and foreign reserve management systems. The company could improve its economic conditions by getting economic assistance from other countries and the IMF in the short term. Moreover, it also needs to restructure its foreign reserves and borrowings management systems.

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The impacts of the COVID-19 shock on sustainability and farmer livelihoods in Sri Lanka

Cited by 12 publications

References 43 publications

Assessing the Economic Impacts of COVID-19 on the Aquaculture and Fisheries Sectors in Relation to Food Security: A Critical Review

Assessing the Economic Impacts of COVID-19 on the Aquaculture and Fisheries Sectors in Relation to Food Security: A Critical Review

A global one health perspective on leptospirosis in humans and animals

Debt Crisis and National Bankruptcy: Evidence from Sri Lanka

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