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Covid-19 management by farmers and policymakers in Burkina Faso, Colombia and France: Lessons for climate action

All over the world, the lockdown approach, which was used as the primary strategy to mitigate the Covid-19 crisis, affected various productive sectors and resulted in increased poverty (UNO Info, 2020). The agricultural sector was recognized as a priority sector and was less affected by Covid-19 related travel restrictions for food security reasons. However, early policy responses, which varied in type and number, also affected agricultural products' supply and demand (Gruère and Brooks, 2020). Anecdotal evidence suggests that the Covid-19 crisis had short-term positive impacts on natural ecosystem regeneration and greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) reduction because the lockdowns slowed down exchanges and economies. Indeed, the annual estimate in GHG reductions for 2020 suggests a decrease of between 4 and 7% (Le Quéré et al., 2020). Other estimates suggest that, given the slowdown of the economy and the correlation between GHG and Net Domestic Product, GHG emissions may even decrease by 10% in 2020 (Carbon Brief, 2020).

Title of publication: Science Direct
Volume: 190
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Author: N.AndrieuabL.HossardcN.GravelinecP.DugueaP.GuerraaN.Chirindad
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Year: 2021
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Country/ies: Burkina Faso, Colombia, France
Geographical coverage: Africa
Type: Journal article
Content language: English
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