AGRICULTURE AND PANDEMIC: HOW SHOULD TURKISH AGRICULTURE CHANGE AFTER COVID-19?

Abstract

Agriculture is the activities we carry out in a specific biological and socio-economic environment in order to obtain animal and plant products necessary for our lives. The Agricultural Sector includes all processes regarding the processing, preparation and delivery of all nutritional products (agricultural products, aquaculture, mineral water, yeast, forest products, etc.) to be used directly or indirectly (raw materials) in human and animal nutrition. It is a sector with a wide range of employment. The Covid-19 pandemic has had a negative impact on the agricultural sector, from growing and harvesting agricultural products, from logistics services to delivery to the end consumer. The high risk of disease transmission also caused consumers to be more sensitive about food safety, but supply and demand imbalances were experienced in food supply with the closing of the borders. Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry during the epidemic; to veterinarians, livestock businesses, farmers, bread and bakery products businesses, etc. prepared special brochures containing covid-19 measures and carried out routine inspections. Turkey, where many agricultural products grown in different climatic conditions, is a country with a geopolitical importance. If the young population potential is evaluated in the agricultural sector by using modern agricultural methods, it will be a country that has a say in the agricultural sector in the world.