The Impact of the Coronavirus on Agriculture: First Evidence Based on Global Newspapers

Attila Jambor, Péter Czine and Péter Balogh
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Péter Czine: Department of Statistics and Methodology, University of Debrecen, Böszörményi út 138, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary
Péter Balogh: Department of Statistics and Methodology, University of Debrecen, Böszörményi út 138, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 11, 1-10

Abstract: Since late 2019, an outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has rapidly spread all over the world, challenging the sustainability of global agri-food markets. Although its full impact on agricultural and food markets is not yet evident, we have some early evidence on the different impacts. The aim of this article is to summarize the early evidence by screening global newspaper articles and sites written on the topic until 10 April 2020. The most read English-based newspaper articles were downloaded and accessed together with a Google search on specific keywords in order to have a complete picture of the topic. Results suggest that agriculture-related pandemic effects can be grouped into supply, demand, labour, food security, food safety, trade and other effects. It is also evident that the first impacts are not one-sided: what helped some hurt others. This article can serve as a basis for future research on the topic by identifying and highlighting the key topics as well as summarizing the earliest evidence available.

Keywords: corona; virus; COVID; newspaper; agriculture (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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