Many countries locked down in the burgeoning COVID-19 pandemic, trying to protect the public from infections and illness. But a new wave of research is examining how containment measures came with costs, too. Particularly for the 1 in 12 people in the world who are also smallholder farmers, responsible for producing most of the food in low- or middle-income countries.
Brenda Coromina and Elliot Carleton hear from ILRI scientist Jim Hammond, whose team interviewed nearly 10,000 farmers across nine low-income countries. Hammond reveals the lasting effect of pandemic restrictions on these farmers, and what countries need to do in the future to shield these farmers from falling into crisis.
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05/31/22 • 14 min
The Boma - How containing COVID-19 also hurt the world's poorest farmers
Transcript
Elliot: Welcome back to The Boma. A podcast from the International Livestock Research Institute where we discuss how sustainable livestock is building better lives in the Global South. My name is Elliot Carleton.
Brenda: And I’m Brenda Coromina. Today, two and a half years after the COVID-19 pandemic first began, more than 500 million people have been infected with the new coronavirus and 6 million have died.
Elliot: Early efforts to pro
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