Development plans to tackle threats to agricultural sustainability in Bangladesh, Canada, and Trinidad and Tobago following COVID 19

Abstract

ABSTRACT COVID-19 has sparked multiple crises and unprecedented shocks to trajectories of agricultural sustainability. Using the lens of agenda-setting theory, this research explores the content of newspaper articles to understand the ongoing challenges in the agricultural sector to frame the necessary policy-agenda for Bangladesh, Canada, and Trinidad Tobago. Qualitative content analysis was applied to analyze systematically selected news articles. The findings indicate several key challenges, such as disruption in supply chain and market, scarcity of farmworkers and their safety issues, dearth of cooperation and collaboration, and wastage of farm produces. The study proposes specific policy agenda for each country and argues that developing the capacity and resilience of the food system requires more cooperation between various actors than pre-COVID-19.