IMPACT OF "COVID-19" ON THE HUMAN RACE.
As we know, the COVID-19 caused a dramatic loss on the human race and lead to many deaths around and around the world, which lead to disturbing food systems and job sectors. The fall in economic graph and social relations due to the pandemic has created a chance of millions of people to fall into the trap of poverty, while the count of undernourished people currently is 690 million around the world may increase up to 132 million by the end of this year.
Millions of enterprises are facing a threat of existential threats. Nearly half of the world's 3.3 billion population are at risk of losing their livelihoods. Wage workers or informal workers are in very vulnerable conditions due to a lack of jobs, social protection, and good health services. They have lost many of their owned property to fight their livelihood alive. Due to no work or jobs for these workers, they could not afford food for their families. It is like no money leading to no food or less food or less nutritious food for most people.
This pandemic was already affecting the food systems and uncovered its downfall in quality of nutrition. Closing of borders, marketing and trade restrictions, and COVID-19 protocols have made it farmers a difficult task to accesses the markets, making it vulnerable to them in buying their inputs and selling them produces and causing lack of agricultural wage workers during the period of harvest, thus leading to the disturbance in the world food supply chains and reducing the availability to healthy, safe and diverse dites.
The pandemic has devastated the livelihood of millions by causing the loss of jobs. As the meal ticket lose jobs, falling ill and final die, the food security and nutrition of many humans are under threat; this category particularly comprises those people in developing countries and tiny-scale farmers and local people who are the hardest hit during this period.
IMPACT ON AGRICULTURAL SECTOR.
Millions of farmers, waged laborers, and self-employed workers in the agriculture field who feed the whole world face a lot of working poverty, malnutrition, and lack of health services lead to bad health and suffering from lack of security and protection and general real-life abuses. Having a low or irregular income and lack of social support, many of them are forced to continue working, even in unsafe conditions, making them and their families exposed to additional risks.
Migrant agricultural labours are very vulnerable because they have risks during transportation, working area, and living conditions and struggle with the rules imposed by the governments. Further, they think of having negative coping strategies during income losses, like selling property, getting loans from banks, and child labor. , But it is still difficult to guarantee the safety, health, and facilities to all the agri-food workers - like farmers to the people who help the marketing of the produce, processing, transporting, and retail, even the street vendors in the means of better income and protection will be a critical stage during this period.
METHODS TO RECREATE BETTER LIVELIHOOD.
In the COVID -19 crisis, public health, employment, labor issues, and food security, particularly in front-line workers, are important. Thinking of the protocols and safety measures at the workplace and assuring decent work, and following the labor acts and rights in all the industries will be very difficult.
The immediate action of protecting the lives and livelihoods of the people with income support and universal health is required. This category of people included low-income, lower wages, youth workers, older people, people below the poverty line, and migrants workers. Different methods of support are donations like transferring money, child protection, and healthy meals. During implementing these things, the government should work closely with the employers and workers. Particular importance is to be given to women with low income and care roles.
We must think of the future on environmental aspects and tackle climate change and environmental changes with serious concern and urgency. Only then can we build better earth with health, livelihood, food security, and nutrition for all the people, and ensure that we are normal again with our lives.
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