IMPACTS OF COVID-19 ON WORK IN AGRICULTURE AND SUPLLY CHAINS FROM MEDIA VIEW

IMPACTOS DO COVID-19 SOBRE O TRABALHO NA AGRICULTURA E EM CADEIAS PRODUTIVAS NA PERSPECTIVA DA GRANDE MIDIA

Priscila Duarte Malanski (), Priscilla Tiara Torrezan Chaves, José Paulo de Souza and Sandra Schiavi
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Priscila Duarte Malanski: UEM - Universidade Estadual de Maringá [Brasil] = State University of Maringá [Brazil] = Université d'État de Maringá [Brésil]
Priscilla Tiara Torrezan Chaves: UEM - Universidade Estadual de Maringá [Brasil] = State University of Maringá [Brazil] = Université d'État de Maringá [Brésil]
José Paulo de Souza: UEM - Universidade Estadual de Maringá [Brasil] = State University of Maringá [Brazil] = Université d'État de Maringá [Brésil]
Sandra Schiavi: UEM - Universidade Estadual de Maringá [Brasil] = State University of Maringá [Brazil] = Université d'État de Maringá [Brésil]

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Abstract: Agriculture has been going through the crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Necessary actions to prevent the circulation of viruses are affecting the whole world due to the interruption of productive and services activities. Agriculture and its suplly chains are classified as essential services in order to avoid disruption of food supply. This implies that agricultural, agribusiness and distribution workers must maintain their activities, adapt to the critical health context and respond to market demands. The effects of this scenario on work are not yet clear. In view of an unprecedented situation of systemic rapid changes and actions, information conveyed by the large media content can show the current scenario on the effects of the pandemic. The aim of this study was to identify the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on work in agriculture and in the supply chains from the perspective of the major national and international media. A textual lexicometric analysis was performed on 28 news, published by the mainstream media, between March and May 2020. Five main impacts of Covid-19 on work were identified: worker health, availability of labor, working time, supply chain interruption, and labor market. Such impacts are structured at three levels: farm, agricultural chain, economy and society. The economic and social implications of these effects on agriculture and production chains were discussed.

Keywords: Covid-19; crisis; supply chains; agriculture; work; crise (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-10-26
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Published in 58º Congresso da Sociedade Brasileira de Economia, Administração e Sociologia Rural (SOBER), Oct 2020, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil

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