Economic Geography Research

Economic Geography Research

The investigations of the impact of the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic on the supply chain of agricultural products in the villages of Kermanshah province

Document Type : Research Article

Authors
1 Master Geography&Rural planning, Managing sustainable rural development, Faculty of Geography, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran
2 Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of razi , Kermanshah, Iran
Abstract
Purpose: The corona virus and its effects and consequences have caused many challenges in the economic and livelihood situation of the people, thus, in order to prevent the further spread of this virus, countries have taken various measures and methods which have caused the lack of on time supply and disruption in the marketing of rural products, which ultimately have affected the supply chain of the villagers' products. Kermanshah province is considered as one of the most important provinces of the country in the field of agricultural production, due to its diverse climatic conditions and the potential of natural resources. About 30% of the province's workers are working in the agricultural sector.

Hence, the main purpose of the present research is to analyze the impact of the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic on the supply chain of agricultural products in the villages of Kermanshah province so that the effects of the corona virus on the supply chain of agricultural products of investigated villages be identified.

Method: the present research is developmental-practical and qualitative, which was conducted using the grounded theory method. Purposeful sampling of the snowball was used. 40 local officials were used as participants, who were interviewed fully and data collection continued until reaching theoretical data saturation. Data were collected through semi-structured interview. Maxqda software was used for managing and coding of documents and finally the analysis has been done

Findings: The research led to the identification of 117 categories and 6 classes such as supply of inputs, production situation, production problems, product sales situation, product sales problems, product marketing and 1 broad category: supply chain

Conclusion: spread of Corona has affected the supply chain of agricultural products in the investigated villages, which led to identification of some cases. In this regard, things like cost increase and lack of things like poison, fertilizer, workers and machines. Transportation and lack of electronic sales of products, market governance and traditional sales methods, failure to take special measures, failure to find a new way to sell, increase and decrease in sales and production of some products, etc., were identified. Planning and taking actions in line with the identified effects can help improve the situation of the supply chain of villagers' products in the covid-19 pandemic
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Volume 4, Issue 12
Summer 2023
Pages 25-47

  • Receive Date 25 April 2023
  • Revise Date 04 June 2023
  • Accept Date 21 July 2023