Impact of COVID-19 on Agriculture Sector

COVID-19 has globally; caused more than 6 million deaths throughout the world and it has also infected nearly 490 million people in the world till 06, April 2022 as reported by WHO. It is still spreading exponentially across the globe. Researchers, scientists, technologists and other medical institutions are still struggling to find the proper cure for this disease. It has been observed that COVID-19 is not only threatening human existence on the earth, but also spoiling the economy of the world. The government of different countries has imposed many restrictions to control the spread of COVID-19, including lockdowns, quarantine, Airport monitoring, social distancing, etc. Due to these harsh diseases spread controlling measures, not only the governments are suffering from financial losses, but the lives of the citizens are becoming more miserable day by day. These measures have badly affected not only the private sector, but also public organizations. According to the World Bank, around 45% of the world population relies on agriculture sector for their livelihood. The agriculture sector is one of the worst sectors affected due to the harsh measure taken during the lockdown. This book aims to review the problems caused by COVID-19 on agriculture sectors, followed by the analysis of the economical aspects of the impact of COVID-19. This book not only review currently used techniques applied to reduce the impact of COVID-19, but also intended to suggest futuristic strategies and useful technologies to reduce the impact of pandemic/epidemic in the near future.