ABSTRACT

This paper set out to show the impacts of COVID-19 and climate change on smallholders through the lens of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and ways to keep smallholders on the 2030 agenda. Descriptive statistical analysis of quantitative secondary data is applied to investigate the issues in question across world regions. Increasing energy and food demand have triggered greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions with effects on the environment, socio-economic and related sectors. If unchecked, climate change will jeopardize progress towards SDGs’ agenda of ending hunger and poverty by 2030. COVID-19 exacerbates the underlying climate change impacts compromising food and water security. The widespread famines of Biblical proportions caused by COVID-19 effects are likely to cause more deaths than the virus. Improvement of water availability and food production is crucial to ending hunger and poverty. There is a need to strengthen smallholders’ adaptation and mitigation capacity through cooperatives’ platforms thereby reach out to smallholders who are the furthest first. International cooperation is urgent to support smallholders’ adaptation of climate-smart agriculture to reduce GHG emissions thereby subdue climate impacts resulting in higher productivity, food security, poverty reduction and sustainable development. Cooperatives need support to facilitate adaptation and mitigation by applying site-specific technology to local needs and possibilities.

摘要

本文旨在通过可持续发展目标 (SDG) 以及将小农留在 2030 年议程的方式来展示 COVID-19 和气候变化对小农的影响。定量二手数据的描述性统计分析用于调查跨世界地区的问题。不断增长的能源和粮食需求引发了温室气体 (GHG) 排放，对环境、社会经济和相关部门产生了影响。如果不加以控制，气候变化将危及到 2030 年消除饥饿和贫困的可持续发展目标议程的进展。 COVID-19 加剧了潜在的气候变化影响，危及粮食和水安全。由 COVID-19 效应引起的大范围饥荒可能比病毒造成的死亡人数更多。改善水资源供应和粮食生产对于消除饥饿和贫困至关重要。需要通过合作社平台加强小农的适应和缓解能力，从而接触到最先走的小农。国际合作迫切需要支持小农适应气候智能型农业以减少温室气体排放，从而抑制气候影响，从而提高生产力、粮食安全、减贫和可持续发展。合作社需要支持，通过将特定地点的技术应用于当地需求和可能性来促进适应和缓解。需要通过合作社的平台加强小农的适应和缓解能力，从而接触到最先到达的小农。国际合作迫切需要支持小农适应气候智能型农业以减少温室气体排放，从而抑制气候影响，从而提高生产力、粮食安全、减贫和可持续发展。合作社需要支持，通过将特定地点的技术应用于当地需求和可能性来促进适应和缓解。需要通过合作社的平台加强小农的适应和缓解能力，从而接触到最先到达的小农。国际合作迫切需要支持小农适应气候智能型农业以减少温室气体排放，从而抑制气候影响，从而提高生产力、粮食安全、减贫和可持续发展。合作社需要支持，通过将特定地点的技术应用于当地需求和可能性来促进适应和缓解。