Agricultural households in times of crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic, livelihoods and land-use decisions

The COVID-19 pandemic has profound impacts on agricultural households. We discuss how these might affect the underlying drivers of land-use decisions. First, we conceptually extend models (smallholder) decision-making to assess affects then examine effects households’ livelihoods, by drawing high-frequency phone surveys from eight African countries and a literature review. find that livelihoods substantially, reflected for instance, reductions in various income sources. further coping capabilities are weakened, meaning vulnerable households have difficulties cope with pandemic. Agriculture is likely become even more important years come very limited resources. Accordingly, expect labour-intensive uses land. However, context matters thus be variable.