COVID-19 and Food Supply in Bangladesh: A Review

Zabir, Abdullah Al and Mahmud, Asif and Islam, Md. Ariful and Antor, Sabyasachi Chanda and Yasmin, Farhana and Dasgupta, Aditya (2021) COVID-19 and Food Supply in Bangladesh: A Review. South Asian Journal of Social Studies and Economics, 10 (1). pp. 15-23. ISSN 2581-821X

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Abstract

The pandemic COVID-19 has slowed down human activities globally and throwing countries into a slump and possibly economic depression. Bangladesh, a growing economic country, is also experiencing severe economic shockwaves. Besides the economic shock, it is also facing an imbalance in the food supply in all of its channels. The purpose of this paper is to provide a general understanding of the possible impacts of COVID-19 on food supply in Bangladesh. The paper presents a brief summary of the global COVID-19 situation and the current food supply status concerning COVID-19. In Bangladesh, the trend of COVID-19 cases is increasing and due to the lockdown situation, the food supply is hampering badly. Since most farmers are not adapted to mechanized agriculture and facing labour shortages, their production has fallen at risk in terms of harvesting. Due to buyer shortage and unavailability of supply channels, products are being forced to sell at a low price and it will take years to overcome this shock as the prognosis of COVID-19 is still unknown to all. Though the government has taken some policy measures to maintain a sufficient food supply, protect the agriculture sector, and mitigate the possible losses.

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Subjects: AP Academic Press > Social Sciences and Humanities
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Date Deposited: 02 Feb 2023 11:47
Last Modified: 07 May 2024 05:05
URI: http://info.openarchivespress.com/id/eprint/197

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