CONTEXT

During crises, adaptation or recovery measures or plans at local or national scales may not necessarily address longer-term or structural problems such as climate change mitigation.

OBJECTIVE

This article describes farmers and policymakers' responses to mitigate the adverse effects of Covid-19 on the agricultural sector. We then assess the responses' possible effects on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

METHODS

The study is based on surveys conducted with farmers, traders, and extension staff in Burkina Faso, Colombia, and France, and literature. We used the Cool Farm Tool calculator to assess GHG emissions associated with fertilizer production, crop production and produce transportation to international markets for the three main cash crops in the three countries.

RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS

We identified contrasting responses by the agricultural sector mostly driven by changes in the consumption patterns at local or international levels. We also identified contrasting state responses to mitigate Covid-19. These responses at farm and policy scales led to similar trends in decreasing carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions across the studied countries. However, none of the studied countries linked Covid-19 response measures to long-term climate change mitigation actions. Therefore, an opportunity to sustain Covid-19 induced short-term decreases in GHG emissions was overlooked.

SIGNIFICANCE

Analyzing the impacts that Covid-19 had on agricultural systems and the decision taken by policymakers to handle its direct and indirect effects can help society draw lessons on how to improve climate action.

中文翻译：

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布基纳法索、哥伦比亚和法国的农民和政策制定者对 Covid-19 的管理：气候行动的经验教训

语境

在危机期间，地方或国家层面的适应或恢复措施或计划不一定能解决长期或结构性问题，例如减缓气候变化。

客观的

本文介绍了农民和政策制定者为减轻 Covid-19 对农业部门的不利影响而采取的应对措施。然后，我们评估响应对温室气体 (GHG) 排放的可能影响。

方法

该研究基于对布基纳法索、哥伦比亚和法国的农民、贸易商和推广人员进行的调查以及文献。我们使用 Cool Farm Tool 计算器来评估与这三个国家的三种主要经济作物的化肥生产、作物生产和农产品向国际市场的运输相关的温室气体排放。

结果和结论

我们发现农业部门的反应截然不同，这主要是受当地或国际消费模式变化的驱动。我们还确定了缓解 Covid-19 的对比状态反应。这些在农场和政策层面的反应导致研究国家的二氧化碳 (CO _{2 ) 排放量出现类似的减少趋势。}但是，所研究的国家中没有一个将 Covid-19 应对措施与长期气候变化缓解行动联系起来。因此，忽视了维持 Covid-19 引起的温室气体排放量短期减少的机会。

意义

分析 Covid-19 对农业系统的影响以及决策者为处理其直接和间接影响而做出的决定，可以帮助社会吸取如何改进气候行动的经验教训。