In the face of COVID-19, smallholder farmers and forest producers face the challenge of how to balance short term shocks and longer-term risks such as climate change. One of the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis is the disruption of agricultural and forestry supply chains and a re-shuffling of actors. These critical issues will be discussed […]
“Family farmers are frontliners, too, especially in the work to build the body’s resilience and resistance to COVID-19 through healthy and nutritious food,” says AFA Secretary-General Esther Penunia during the IFAD live webcast “Farmers on the Frontline – Building resilience in a post-Coronavirus world” broadcasted on 8 May 2020. Family farmers in Asia and the […]
The impact of the global pandemic is estimated at a minimum of AUD $6.5 trillion, leaving almost all industries negatively impacted. “In order to measure the COVID-19 impact on the Pacific Islands farming community, a survey was distributed to Farmer Organisations and farmers,” says Kyle Stice, manager of Pacific Island Farmers Organisation Network. “The survey […]