COVID-19: challenges facing French farmers 2020

The 2020 global coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic has brought about its fair share of challenges, one of which being its impact on mental health.
French farmers share in this global phenomenon, quoting isolation as the number one hardship they met during these trying times. Other issues are arising around the economic aspect of agriculture, such as the closure of markets for instance. It should be noted that 28 percent of respondents declare not facing any particular problems.

What troubles are you encountering that you were not facing before the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis?

Characteristic	Share of respondents
You feel more isolated than usual	45%
You face market problems for your productions	36%
Decrease in turnover (closure of markets, educational farm, etc.)	19%
It is difficult to set up adequate hygiene conditions at the workplace	14%
You are forced to stay confined	7%
Your employees no longer want to come to work or want to work less	6%
You do not have enough manpower to produce	6%
Your production method is not suited to the current situation	5%
You have had to change your production method to cope with the situation	4%
You have to produce more than usual	3%
Other difficulties	20%
You don't have any particular problem	28%

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Release date

May 2020

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Region

France

Survey time period

April 10-27, 2020

Number of respondents

247 respondents

Age group

16 years and older

Special properties

95 percent of respondents are male

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

* This question was phrased by the source as follows: "What are all the difficulties, out of the ordinary compared to the period before Covid-19, that you are currently facing within your exploitation?"

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