EFFECTS OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC FOR FAMILY AGRICULTURE, ENVIRONMENT AND THE ECONOMY IN BRAZIL

Abstract

This article deals with the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on economic processes, family farming and the environment in Brazil. The pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus has strongly impacted different sectors. Numerous production processes were affected by sanitary measures; the stoppage or reduction of activities has raised problems of income generation, unemployment and poverty. In family farming, the pandemic has had impacts, especially in relation to the flow of production, increased social vulnerability and reduction in producer income. Consequently, by the mode of consumption and behavioral actions, environment has also been harmed, both by the inefficient management of waste, and for issues that go beyond the character of degradation in its aspects, but that concern, above all, the idea of economy that is above sustainability. Based on this, it was concluded that the Covid-19 pandemic has been gaining ground in a scenario of individualism, socio-environmental degradation and changing patterns, economic, evidencing, above all, the need for the implementation of public policies for family agriculture in Brazil.