Assessing the Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemics on Sustainable Development Goals in Nepal
Globally, billions of people and their livelihood are threatened by the onset of COVID-19. In Nepal, resource-poor people who lost their job were the hardest hit among millions of impacted populations. Further, the associated effects of pandemics are food supply chain interruption and people's...
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| author | Toyanath Joshi Rudra Prasad Poudel Kamana Kafle Bandana Bhattarai Benu Prasad Prasai Santosh Adhikari |
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| description | Globally, billions of people and their livelihood are threatened by the onset of COVID-19. In Nepal, resource-poor people who lost their job were the hardest hit among millions of impacted populations. Further, the associated effects of pandemics are food supply chain interruption and people's inferior physical and mental wellbeing. The COVID-19 pandemic and associated impacts have questioned Nepal's ability to achieve the 17 United Nations sustainable development goals (SDGs) in the post-pandemic era. Yet no scientific studies available to see COVID-19 and SDGs relationships in Nepal, government reports, and macroeconomic updates indicated that COVID-19 is likely to deter significantly in achieving SDGs targets. This systematic review followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) guidelines to quantify the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal's macro-economy from March 2020 to December 2021. Our study indicated that the COVID-19 exerted inevitable challenges in achieving SDGs targets in terms of food security and household poverty. Therefore, this paper recommended creating more employment opportunities in the domestic economy and establishing a resilient food system. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cbe6760bfca346249ad1e91300328b9c2022-12-22T02:22:25ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems2571-581X2022-04-01610.3389/fsufs.2022.852759852759Assessing the Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemics on Sustainable Development Goals in NepalToyanath Joshi0Rudra Prasad Poudel1Kamana Kafle2Bandana Bhattarai3Benu Prasad Prasai4Santosh Adhikari5Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, Kathmandu, NepalMinistry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, Kathmandu, NepalHimalayan College of Agricultural Sciences (HICAST), Kathmandu, NepalInstitute of Agriculture and Animal Sciences, Chitwan, NepalSeed Quality Control Center, Lalitpur, NepalUniversity of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, AustraliaGlobally, billions of people and their livelihood are threatened by the onset of COVID-19. In Nepal, resource-poor people who lost their job were the hardest hit among millions of impacted populations. Further, the associated effects of pandemics are food supply chain interruption and people's inferior physical and mental wellbeing. The COVID-19 pandemic and associated impacts have questioned Nepal's ability to achieve the 17 United Nations sustainable development goals (SDGs) in the post-pandemic era. Yet no scientific studies available to see COVID-19 and SDGs relationships in Nepal, government reports, and macroeconomic updates indicated that COVID-19 is likely to deter significantly in achieving SDGs targets. This systematic review followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) guidelines to quantify the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal's macro-economy from March 2020 to December 2021. Our study indicated that the COVID-19 exerted inevitable challenges in achieving SDGs targets in terms of food security and household poverty. Therefore, this paper recommended creating more employment opportunities in the domestic economy and establishing a resilient food system.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2022.852759/fullCOVID-19SDGs (sustainable development goals)food securitypovertyagricultureNepal |
| spellingShingle | Toyanath Joshi Rudra Prasad Poudel Kamana Kafle Bandana Bhattarai Benu Prasad Prasai Santosh Adhikari Assessing the Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemics on Sustainable Development Goals in Nepal Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems COVID-19 SDGs (sustainable development goals) food security poverty agriculture Nepal |
| title | Assessing the Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemics on Sustainable Development Goals in Nepal |
| title_full | Assessing the Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemics on Sustainable Development Goals in Nepal |
| title_fullStr | Assessing the Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemics on Sustainable Development Goals in Nepal |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing the Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemics on Sustainable Development Goals in Nepal |
| title_short | Assessing the Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemics on Sustainable Development Goals in Nepal |
| title_sort | assessing the impacts of the covid 19 pandemics on sustainable development goals in nepal |
| topic | COVID-19 SDGs (sustainable development goals) food security poverty agriculture Nepal |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2022.852759/full |
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