O impacto da pandemia de covid-19 no abastecimento alimentar: um olhar a partir da feira agroecológica em Ouro Branco, Alagoas

Abstract

This study aims to analyze, in an exploratory manner, the possible impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the food supply of the municipality of Ouro Branco - Alagoas. The study arose from the need to understand the impacts of the pandemic on the city's food supply, focusing on the agroecological fair as it emphasizes the importance of integration between the various farmers in the region, as well as representing the economic strengthening of families that They live in the countryside and guarantee food sovereignty for the inhabitants of the city and the countryside. This research has an exploratory character, being used for its elaboration bibliographical research, as well as a survey of data from the IBGE, interviews, application of online questionnaires for the fair traders and consumers of this fair and analysis of the information obtained through these questionnaires. This analysis allowed us to identify not Only some of the impacts of the pandemic on the fair and consumers, as well as to highlight the various challenges and difficulties that they have faced during this pandemic, in addition to highlighting the importance of the agroecological fair for marketers and consumers of the municipality. Thus, with the research it is concluded that the covid-19 pandemic caused impacts both for farmers/marketers, as well as for the agroecological fair consumers, since, due to the suspension of the fairs, the farmers/marketers lost their main source of income and commercialization, in which they had to use new tools to transport production and, above all, counting on a very small number of consumers. However, it can be identified that consumers also faced difficulties in accessing the products, also having to adapt to new forms of marketing.