Abstract:
Background: During the Covid-19 pandemic there was a high risk of
emergencies and disasters in agricultural areas. So that there are many
problems for farmers in rural areas who generally have minimal
information when compared to urban areas, especially in terms of
accessing health information about Covid-19, this will certainly have
an impact on different mindsets and perceptions in dealing with which
pandemic. The Covid-19 pandemic is something new for the
community. Efforts to deal with farmers' problems in the Covid-19
pandemic era by preventing the risk of emergencies and disasters in
agricultural and livestock areas.
Objectives: This study aimed to dig deeper into the problems of
farmers in the Covid-19 era.
Methods: The design of this study used an interpretive qualitative
approach carried out through the Focus Group Discussion (FGD)
method involving 10 farmer respondents. Data were collected using a
thematic analysis approach based on Krueger, R and Casey, M.
Results: The results of the interviews resulted in five major themes,
namely the theme of self-protection tools as a covid-19 shield,
Knowledge as a millennial farmer, supporting facilities for obtaining
information, working environment conditions, marketing farm
produce, change in work behavior.
Conclusion: The problems of farmers in the Covid-19 area tend to see
problems in terms of health but also have an impact on agricultural
output, work behavior so that it needs attention to overcome problems
to deal with farmers' problems during the Covid-19 pandemic.
