Deciphering the impact of novel coronavirus pandemic on agricultural sustainability, food security, and socio-economic sectors—a review

Mumtaz, Mehvish; Ḥusain, Nāẓim; Baqar, Zulqarnain; Anwar, Saima; Vēlāyutan̲, T. A.

Deciphering the impact of novel coronavirus pandemic on agricultural sustainability, food security, and socio-economic sectors—a review

2021

Mumtaz, Mehvish | Ḥusain, Nāẓim | Baqar, Zulqarnain | Anwar, Saima | Vēlāyutan̲, T. A.

The Spanish flu, Asian flu, Hong Kong flu, HIV/AIDS, SARS, Ebola, and Swine flu, among others, have had a significant impact on agriculture, education, the economy, and human activities, including leisureliness, shipping, healthiness, fisheries, mining, industry, and trade. Currently, manhood is dealing with a new epidemic, the infection of the latest coronavirus (2019-nCoV), which causes a deadly disease named COVID-19. This article aims to examine COVID-19’s effect on agriculture, education, and the economy. There are existing estimates to conclude that the COVID-19 pandemic has a significant influence on agriculture and the food supply chain, mostly influencing food demand and, as a result, food security, with a disproportionate impact on the most disadvantaged. To overcome spread of COVID-19, a non-contact food delivery system has been used by utilizing drown for this purpose. This epidemic crisis also introduced a digital education system that is challenging for students and teachers who are not educated in it. Weak infrastructure, such as electricity, poor access to the Internet connection, and a lack of technology literacy, has hampered the online education system. Coronavirus has an undesirable influence on the global economy by affecting tourism, the financial market, commerce, shipping, manufacturing, and the service sector. The exchange market was also down during the COVID-19 pandemic. In conclusion, we should strictly follow SOP’s to improve our agriculture, education, economy, and other ways of normal life. We should also be vaccinated to fulfill our all losses in different fields.

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