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Various Problems of Aceh Farmers in The North East Beach Area in Agricultural Business During Covid-19 Pandemic
Aswin Nasution, Ema Alemina, Alfin Khairi, Riani Riani

Last modified: 2022-03-15

Abstract


The Covid-19 pandemic is an economic, social and environmental issue that had a significant impact on people's lives, including to farmers in the North East Region of Aceh. In this situation, people who work as farmers must survive and overcome them with agricultural activities, however various of agricultural business problems that occur must be resolved. Research conducted in 9 districts/cities in the North East Region of Aceh involving 540 farmer respondents found that there were 13 problems that befell farmers in their agricultural businesses during the Covid19 period. The first ranking problem is the difficulty of getting subsidized fertilizers, low and unstable prices of agricultural products are in the middle or average rank, while the difficulty of obtaining new land for the development of agricultural businesses is a problem in the 13th rank. The resolution of these problems is certainly very helpful for farmers to carry out agricultural businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic in the North East Region of Aceh.


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