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Strengthening Rural Populations’ Livelihoods Resilience through the Promotion Of Nonagricultural Short Circuits in the Post COVID-19 Pandemic - TCP/BRA/3802

Year of publication 2024

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 11

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Project

Synopsis (short abstract) From the first months of 2020, rural populations in Brazil were confronted with a sudden disruption of their commercialization channels by the COVID-19 pandemic. They were among the most affected by the sanitary crisis due to trade, mobility and sanitary restrictions. As a result, rural producers, including traditional communities and indigenous peoples, both women and men, saw their monetary income generation jeopardized. The non-agricultural rural businesses sector, especially those related to services such as trade, tourism and handicraft, is dominated by women. The development of the non-agricultural rural business sector was weak even before the pandemic, for a number of reasons, both institutional and societal.

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