Development of small-scale farming in North Sulawesi in pandemic COVID-19 situation

ABSTRACT

The Covid-19 pandemic period has spread across almost all countries in the world has resulted a significant negative impact on various socio-economic aspects, including on large-scale and small-scale livestock business activities. This paper aims to present a study of challenges in developing small-scale farms carried out at grassroots level communities affected by the Covid-19 pandemic in North Sulawesi Indonesia. The method used in this study was a meta-analysis pattern approach. The cases of covid-19 infection in this area began to emerge early on March of this year, where data until early May 2020 showed a number of people who were confirmed positive Covid-19 had reached 45 people. The government as an authority holder in North Sulawesi Province does not apply yet a lockdown. This temporary policy gives farmers the opportunity to move and continue developing their livestock activities in order to support the fulfillment of livestock products in local market, while on the other hand, feed row material tended to increase in the market. The recommendation to keep a physical distance did not significantly affect the activities to the small-scale animal farms because in general the workers were family who were the same people in a household.