The government of Paraguay adopted preventive sanitary measures on March 10th, prohibiting activities that gather many people, and, later, on March 28th, adopted stronger measures for isolation. On March 13th, the government announced an increase in the value of the cash transfer programs to the vulnerable and senior population (Tekoporã and Adulto Mayor). There were…
Tag: COVID-19
Essential work but not essential workers?
Chile is in the WHO’s stage 4 of the pandemic, meaning the transmission of the virus among the community has become uncontrolled and widespread (WHO, 2009). Santiago’s metropolitan area, where nearly half of the Chilean population reside, was the seed of the infection in the country, as the middle and upper class returned from Europe…
The corona pandemic and Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan’s agriculture: Food imports, strong domestic cereal production and the resilience of small-scale farmers
In Iraq, including the Kurdistan region of Iraq (KRI), the current official number of people infected is 2,818 with 110 people dead. A curfew had been imposed that left no freedom to circulate other than for health workers and security forces. This is lifted to a curfew from 6 pm to 6 am with some…
Temporary agricultural migrant workers and Canadian food security under Covid-19
by Natalia Perez On March 18th, the Canadian Federal Government introduced a travel ban that prevented all non-permanent residents from entering into the Canadian territory as part of a series of measures aimed at containing COVID-19. Agricultural sector associations and food producers starred one of the earliest and strongest responses to the travel restrictions by…
Agricultural production and COVID-19 disease in Turkey: emergent contradictions and solidarities
by Deniz Pelek Turkey announced its first confirmed case of COVID-19 on 11 March 2020, relatively later than many other countries. Several precautions were taken gradually for preventing the spread of the virus. Schools and universities were closed and distance education started; a travel ban was imposed to most countries where the number of COVID-19…