The immediate impact of the first waves of the global COVID-19 pandemic on agricultural systems worldwide: Reflections on the COVID-19 special issue for …

E Stephens, J Timsina, G Martin, M van Wijk, L Klerkx… - Agricultural …, 2022 - Elsevier
CONTEXT In May 2020, approximately four months into the COVID-19 pandemic, the
journal's editorial team realized there was an opportunity to collect information from a …

Being a farmer in Austria during COVID-19—A qualitative study on challenges and opportunities

O Meixner, HE Quehl, S Pöchtrager, R Haas - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
To assess the effects of COVID-19 on Austrian farmers, a qualitative study design including
computer-aided, qualitative content analysis was applied. Interviews with 34 Austrian …

Food consumption patterns in Romania during the COVID-19 pandemic

DE Dumitras, R Harun, FH Arion, DI Chiciudean… - Foods, 2021 - mdpi.com
Food consumption behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic has changed worldwide as a
consequence of the restrictions imposed by law and/or due to the fear of contamination …

Disruptions to agricultural activities, income loss and food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from farm households in a develo** country

PT Thanh, D The Duy, P Bao Duong - Journal of Agribusiness in …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose In the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic, Vietnam imposed many drastic
restrictions to curb the outbreak of this virus. Such restrictions interrupted the normal …

Smallholder farming during covid-19: A systematic review concerning impacts, adaptations, barriers, policy, and planning for future pandemics

AR Marsden, KK Zander, JA Lassa - Land, 2023 - mdpi.com
Our broad aim was to systematically analyse research on the effect of COVID-19 on
smallholder farming during 2019–2021 and to discuss how the research could be beneficial …

[HTML][HTML] The backbone of agrifood value chain resilience: Innovation in the Ecuadorian banana value chain from a historical perspective

C Coral, D Mithöfer - World Development Perspectives, 2023 - Elsevier
Given the accelerated global shifts and disruptions to agrifood value chains, an approach is
required that reveals multiple drivers, recognizable patterns, and behaviors that can be …

[HTML][HTML] Satellite Data and Machine Learning for Benchmarking Methane Concentrations in the Canadian Dairy Industry

H Bi, S Neethirajan - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
Amid escalating climate change concerns, methane—a greenhouse gas with a global
warming potential far exceeding that of carbon dioxide—demands urgent attention. The …

[HTML][HTML] Feedback thinking in dairy farm management: system dynamics modelling for herd dynamics

AS Atzori, BA Balkan, A Gallo - animal, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Systems perspectives and system dynamics have been widely used in decision-
making for agricultural problems. However, their use in dairy farm management remains …

COVID-19, livestock supply chains and livelihoods in India: a review of impacts and implications

G Verma, N Singla, S Singh - Journal of Agribusiness in Develo** …, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose The global outbreak of COVID-19 and its subsequent varied impacts on different
economic activities necessitate to examine its disruptions and impacts on livestock sector in …

Sco** challenges and opportunities presented by COVID-19 for the development of sustainable short food supply chains

N Baptista, H Alves, N Matos - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Over the past decades, short food supply chains attracted government and public support
owing to their potential to mitigate some of the sustainability issues associated with the …