Beyond COVID-19, which future for agricolture

ABSTRACT

Agriculture, in the general context of Covid-19, has represented one of the main factors of resilience of society and lives of mankind producing food for humans and a reassuring answer to uncertainty. The report aims to respond to how agriculture will have to change in order to maintain this role in the future as well. In its first section the role of agriculture in the development of mankind and economy is examined together with interactions between Covid-19 and agriculture. The second part presents the evolution of the economy and agriculture trends at world wide and national level in the first year of the Covid-19. The third section presents some economic assessments on measures to fight the pandemic effects on the economy and in particular on the agricultural system, trying to identify the lessons that can be learned from the Covid-19. It also presents some general questions about the future of the world and the foreseeable great adversities. The final remarks identify some characteristics that agriculture must have in the future in order to continue to play its role in supporting mankind's development.