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The Covid-19 Pandemic and Small-Scale Farmers: Surpassing or Failing?

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Celia Futemma State University of Campinas https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9158-4627
Daiana Carolina Monteiro Tourne State University of Campinas https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0083-2179
Francisco Alcicley Vasconcelos Andrade State University of Campinas
Natália Moreira dos Santos State University of Campinas https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3795-6052
Gabriela Silva Santa Rosa Macedo State University of Campinas https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1119-7008
Marina Eduarte Pereira State University of Campinas https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9754-6944

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/SciELOPreprints.967

Keywords:

Covid-19 Pandemic, Small-scale farmers, Production and Commercialization, Public Policies

Abstract

The pandemic of coronavirus Sar-CoV-2 that causes Covid-19 disease has infected a high number of people and caused deaths in Brazil. Thus, this study seeks to identify and understand the impact of this sanitary crisis on small-scale farmers who comprise one of the vulnerable groups of the Brazilian society. We applied questionnaires and gathered reports of participants from different regions and the results indicate that farmers have been able to overcome some of the challenges brought by the pandemic due to a set of factors, mainly collective actions and solidarity network, individual creative solutions, and public policies.