Agriculture

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Similar to other industries, Agriculture in India has experienced COVID-19 induced disruptions, leading to declining industry’s revenues during the year. The national lockdown, put in force in March 2020, has had a significant impact on Indian ...

While the Brazilian economy experienced significant setbacks caused by the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020, the agriculture industry saw expanding production volumes and overall turnover growth. The largest contributors to the successful harvest results ...

Agriculture was one of the few industries that continued to demonstrate growth in Russia during the COVID-19-caused economic disruptions in 2020. One of the main growth drivers were advances in crop and cereal farming during the year. According to ...

In 2020, the Canadian agriculture industry recorded revenue increase, mainly thanks to stellar performance in crop and cereal production. Canadian farmers enjoyed favourable weather conditions in 2020, allowing them to increase their production ...

In 2019, an increase in crop and cereal output contributed significantly to rising agricultural revenues in the UK. Thanks to favourable weather conditions, cereal producers enjoyed higher yields compared to the previous year, although commodity ...

China’s agricultural sector expanded steadily in 2019, after declines in the previous year. The positive performance during the year derived from favourable harvest conditions, benefiting fruit, vegetable and cereal farmers. According to national ...

In early 2020, the COVID-19 outbreak reached the US, and in the following months the country became the most affected globally in terms of number of infections and deaths. Subsequent lockdowns and restrictions are expected to have a grave effect on ...

The COVID-19 outbreak at the beginning of 2020 translated into a significant sales decrease for Italian farmers, as the country was among the most impacted in Europe by the pandemic. After the virus outbreak in northern Italy, a lockdown was ...

Spain was one of the countries most affected by the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020. Alongside other European peers, the country introduced national lockdown measures in mid-March 2020, which led to closures of restaurants and other foodservice businesses,...

Following the heat and drought in 2018, improved weather conditions in 2019 led to a better German crop yield. Nevertheless, production still failed to return to pre-2018 levels, given the gradually declining harvest area for certain crops, and hot ...

The agriculture industry is set to contract in value terms in 2020, due to the global COVID-19 outbreak at the beginning of the year, which dealt a significant blow to French farmers’ revenue flow. Social distancing measures, which led to temporary ...

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak significantly disrupted manufacturing and service sectors as well as the global transportation system. This briefing examines how manufacturing, services and transportation industries are impacted by the ...

The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) is the new trade agreement between the US, Mexico and Canada. The new trade deal is expected to supersede the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). This briefing analyses USMCA’s impact on the ...

Japanese agricultural output declined in 2018, as the industry continued to struggle with growing labour shortages and faced another year of unfavourable weather. Japanese agricultural workers are ageing, while the youth is reluctant to join the ...

As a country with adverse farming climate, Saudi Arabia’s agricultural industry continued to depend on government aids to carry production levels. In 2018, government support in forms of subsidies, grants and loans demonstrated upward trends, ...

Fruit and vegetable farming was the main growth driver of the Turkish agriculture sector in 2018, boosted by food price inflation, growing fruit production volumes and an increase in export revenues. According to the Turkish Statistical Institute, in...

In 2018, South Korean farmers saw decreased yields of the main crop – rice. The downward trend was a result of unfavourable weather conditions and the government’s ongoing rice reduction programme, which encourages farmers to cultivate other crops in...