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Farmer surveys in Europe suggest that specialized, intensive farms were more likely to perceive negative impacts from COVID-19
It has been shown that the COVID-19 pandemic affected some agricultural systems more than others, and even within geographic regions, not all farms were affected to the same extent. To build resilience of agricultural systems to future shocks, it is key to understand which farms were affected and wh...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9397162/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36017120 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13593-022-00820-5 |
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author | Helfenstein, Julian Bürgi, Matthias Debonne, Niels Dimopoulos, Thymios Diogo, Vasco Dramstad, Wenche Edlinger, Anna Garcia-Martin, Maria Hernik, Józef Kizos, Thanasis Lausch, Angela Levers, Christian Mohr, Franziska Moreno, Gerardo Pazur, Robert Siegrist, Michael Swart, Rebecca Thenail, Claudine Verburg, Peter H. Williams, Tim G Zarina, Anita Herzog, Felix |
author_facet | Helfenstein, Julian Bürgi, Matthias Debonne, Niels Dimopoulos, Thymios Diogo, Vasco Dramstad, Wenche Edlinger, Anna Garcia-Martin, Maria Hernik, Józef Kizos, Thanasis Lausch, Angela Levers, Christian Mohr, Franziska Moreno, Gerardo Pazur, Robert Siegrist, Michael Swart, Rebecca Thenail, Claudine Verburg, Peter H. Williams, Tim G Zarina, Anita Herzog, Felix |
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description | It has been shown that the COVID-19 pandemic affected some agricultural systems more than others, and even within geographic regions, not all farms were affected to the same extent. To build resilience of agricultural systems to future shocks, it is key to understand which farms were affected and why. In this study, we examined farmers’ perceived robustness to COVID-19, a key resilience capacity. We conducted standardized farmer interviews (n = 257) in 15 case study areas across Europe, covering a large range of socio-ecological contexts and farm types. Interviews targeted perceived livelihood impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on productivity, sales, price, labor availability, and supply chains in 2020, as well as farm(er) characteristics and farm management. Our study corroborates earlier evidence that most farms were not or only slightly affected by the first wave(s) of the pandemic in 2020, and that impacts varied widely by study region. However, a significant minority of farmers across Europe reported that the pandemic was “the worst crisis in a lifetime” (3%) or “the worst crisis in a decade” (7%). Statistical analysis showed that more specialized and intensive farms were more likely to have perceived negative impacts. From a societal perspective, this suggests that highly specialized, intensive farms face higher vulnerability to shocks that affect regional to global supply chains. Supporting farmers in the diversification of their production systems while decreasing dependence on service suppliers and supply chain actors may increase their robustness to future disruptions. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s13593-022-00820-5. |
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spelling | pubmed-93971622022-08-23 Farmer surveys in Europe suggest that specialized, intensive farms were more likely to perceive negative impacts from COVID-19 Helfenstein, Julian Bürgi, Matthias Debonne, Niels Dimopoulos, Thymios Diogo, Vasco Dramstad, Wenche Edlinger, Anna Garcia-Martin, Maria Hernik, Józef Kizos, Thanasis Lausch, Angela Levers, Christian Mohr, Franziska Moreno, Gerardo Pazur, Robert Siegrist, Michael Swart, Rebecca Thenail, Claudine Verburg, Peter H. Williams, Tim G Zarina, Anita Herzog, Felix Agron Sustain Dev Research Article It has been shown that the COVID-19 pandemic affected some agricultural systems more than others, and even within geographic regions, not all farms were affected to the same extent. To build resilience of agricultural systems to future shocks, it is key to understand which farms were affected and why. In this study, we examined farmers’ perceived robustness to COVID-19, a key resilience capacity. We conducted standardized farmer interviews (n = 257) in 15 case study areas across Europe, covering a large range of socio-ecological contexts and farm types. Interviews targeted perceived livelihood impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on productivity, sales, price, labor availability, and supply chains in 2020, as well as farm(er) characteristics and farm management. Our study corroborates earlier evidence that most farms were not or only slightly affected by the first wave(s) of the pandemic in 2020, and that impacts varied widely by study region. However, a significant minority of farmers across Europe reported that the pandemic was “the worst crisis in a lifetime” (3%) or “the worst crisis in a decade” (7%). Statistical analysis showed that more specialized and intensive farms were more likely to have perceived negative impacts. From a societal perspective, this suggests that highly specialized, intensive farms face higher vulnerability to shocks that affect regional to global supply chains. Supporting farmers in the diversification of their production systems while decreasing dependence on service suppliers and supply chain actors may increase their robustness to future disruptions. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s13593-022-00820-5. Springer Paris 2022-08-23 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC9397162/ /pubmed/36017120 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13593-022-00820-5 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Research Article Helfenstein, Julian Bürgi, Matthias Debonne, Niels Dimopoulos, Thymios Diogo, Vasco Dramstad, Wenche Edlinger, Anna Garcia-Martin, Maria Hernik, Józef Kizos, Thanasis Lausch, Angela Levers, Christian Mohr, Franziska Moreno, Gerardo Pazur, Robert Siegrist, Michael Swart, Rebecca Thenail, Claudine Verburg, Peter H. Williams, Tim G Zarina, Anita Herzog, Felix Farmer surveys in Europe suggest that specialized, intensive farms were more likely to perceive negative impacts from COVID-19 |
title | Farmer surveys in Europe suggest that specialized, intensive farms were more likely to perceive negative impacts from COVID-19 |
title_full | Farmer surveys in Europe suggest that specialized, intensive farms were more likely to perceive negative impacts from COVID-19 |
title_fullStr | Farmer surveys in Europe suggest that specialized, intensive farms were more likely to perceive negative impacts from COVID-19 |
title_full_unstemmed | Farmer surveys in Europe suggest that specialized, intensive farms were more likely to perceive negative impacts from COVID-19 |
title_short | Farmer surveys in Europe suggest that specialized, intensive farms were more likely to perceive negative impacts from COVID-19 |
title_sort | farmer surveys in europe suggest that specialized, intensive farms were more likely to perceive negative impacts from covid-19 |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9397162/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36017120 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13593-022-00820-5 |
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