The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Agricultural, Livestock, Poultry and Fish Sectors: COVID-19 Impact on Agriculture, Livestock, Poultry and Fish Sectors.
Yashpal Singh Malik, Mohd Ikram Ansari, Rasha Gharieb, Souvik Ghosh, Ratan Kumar Chaudhary, Maged Gomaa Hemida, Dayan Torabian, Farzad Rahmani, Hadis Ahmadi, Pouneh Hajipour, Sina Salajegheh Tazerji
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Yashpal Singh Malik: College of Animal Biotechnology, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana 141001, India.
Mohd Ikram Ansari: Department of Biosciences, Integral University, Lucknow, India.
Rasha Gharieb: Department of Zoonoses, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44511, Egypt. ORCID
Souvik Ghosh: Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, P.O. Box 334, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis.
Ratan Kumar Chaudhary: College of Animal Biotechnology, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana 141001, India.
Maged Gomaa Hemida: Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Long Island University, Brookville 11548, New York, USA. ORCID
Dayan Torabian: Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Farzad Rahmani: Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Hadis Ahmadi: Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran.
Pouneh Hajipour: Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran.
Sina Salajegheh Tazerji: Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. ORCID
COVID-19 pandemic is considered a global crisis that adversely impacted the world economy. The virus possessed a serious threat to different sectors including agricultural, livestock, poultry and fish sectors in both developing and developed countries. COVID-19 pandemic and the associated lockdown for a long period have not only caused enormous distress to the millions of poor and marginal farmers for saving their crops and/or livestock but also affected livestock, poultry production systems and associated value chains, nutrition, health care and labour availability. In addition, COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted the fishery sector through disruption in fish supply and value chains and had noteworthy effects on income of fish stakeholders, especially in developing countries. In this regard, the current review discussed the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on agricultural, livestock, poultry and fish sectors.
