Short-term gain, long-term loss: Exploring the effects of Covid-19 survival strategies on rural livelihoods and the agrarian economy

Siaw, Daniel and Ofosu, George and Sarpong, David (2024) Short-term gain, long-term loss: Exploring the effects of Covid-19 survival strategies on rural livelihoods and the agrarian economy. Journal of Rural Studies, 113. p. 103523. ISSN 0743-0167

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Abstract

In this paper, we explore how the practices of agricultural chain actors within the contingencies of the Covid-19 crisis, may have contributed to precarious rural livelihoods and the agrarian economy. Developing our contribution in the context of Ghana's agricultural sector, which is grappling with socio-economic and sustainability challenges such as land degradation, climate change, and biodiversity loss, we identified salient survival practices in the actions adopted during the Covid-19 pandemic which resulted in short-term gain, but also accounted for the long-term intractable decline in production and for producers' wellbeing. Explicating a fine analysis of how individual practices induced by the pandemic may have contributed to foster a decline in the agrarian economy, our study goes on to shed light on the devastating outcomes of the pandemic on rural livelihoods and the agrarian economies often marked by weak institutions and underdeveloped markets.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number:	10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103523
Dates:	Date Event 22 November 2024 Accepted 26 November 2024 Published Online
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Livelihoods, Coronavirus, Agriculture, Chain actors, Supply chain
Subjects:	CAH17 - business and management > CAH17-01 - business and management > CAH17-01-02 - business studies
Divisions:	Faculty of Business, Law and Social Sciences > College of Business, Digital Transformation & Entrepreneurship
Depositing User:	Gemma Tonks
Date Deposited:	29 Nov 2024 16:21
Last Modified:	29 Nov 2024 16:21
URI:	https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/16006

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