Agricultural Science Digest
SCOPUS
  • Year: 2024
  • Volume: 44
  • Issue: 4

The Effect of COVID-19 on Small Farmers’ Economic Conditions

  • Author:
  • Jawad Atef Al-Dala’een1,*
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Page Number: 762 to 767

1Agricultural Economics, Department of Financial and Administrative Sciences, Karak University College, Al Balqa Applied University, Jordan

*Corresponding Author: Jawad Atef Al-Dala’een, Agricultural Economics, Department of Financial and Administrative Sciences, Karak University College, Al Balqa Applied University, Jordan, Email: jawad.papers@gmail.com

Online Published on 01 October, 2024.

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic left hundreds of small farmers in economic problems. The objective was to measure the effect of COVID-19 economic impact on farmers in Jordan.

Quantitative descriptive study was used. The questionnaire was used as a tool to collect the data about the effect COVID-19 pandemic on the economic conditions of small farmers. A random sample of 630 farmers were selected to fill this questionnaire.

The first effect of the pandemic was on the prices which decreased due to the decrease in the quality. The second impact was on the imports and exports which affected the inputs and the product prices. The effect of supply chain increased the inputs prices. The final impact was on the cash flow and the low prices of products.

Keywords

COVID-19 pandemic, Economic conditions, Small farmers