Small-scale agriculture in crisis due to the Coronavirus pandemic

While most people in the Netherlands feel relieved because the measures against the pandemic are gently being relaxed and they can enjoy drinking beer together again, the majority of the world’s population faces a very different reality. Covid19 has made global inequality even more visible than before. In Europe and the US, reports show that the victims of the virus and its economic consequences have mostly been those historically disadvantaged on the basis of their gender, class or ethnicity. Until recently, it was hoped that low and middle income countries, with their often warmer climates and relatively young population, would be less affected by the crisis. However, our first reports from field research in Algeria, India, Morocco and Zimbabwe have dashed those hopes.