Agro-dealer and farmer COVID-19 survey: April – June 2020

Policy brief 23 Sep 2020 COVID-19

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The researchers interviewed 973 crop farmers, 99 dairy farmers, and 483 agro-dealers to help assess the impacts of COVID-19 on smallholder farmers and other actors across the agricultural value chain.
The researchers make several findings, including that a majority of farmers report financial distress and agro-dealers were seeing lower footfall traffic.
However, despite this, crop farmers seemed optimistic about their forthcoming harvests.
Based on the findings, the researchers make several recommendations for policymakers on how to better support the agricultural sector and provide regularly and timely data to farmers in the future.