Fading roses are discarded as they cannot be shipped to Europe due of the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the Maridadi flower farm in Naivasha, Kenya, March 19, 2020.
Eric and Clarita Santos, who have sold flowers at Seattle's Pike Place Market since the 1980s, say their business has been affected by the market's temporary closure of the stalls, and are hoping word of mouth on social media will help bring sales to their farm's roadside stand during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Kent, Washington, U.S. March 22, 2020.
A Bolivian farmer harvests barley as the country is under a nationwide quarantine to contain the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Guaqui near Titicaca lake, Bolivia, March 30, 2020.
Farmers load a truck with vegetables to be sent to Wuhan, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak, at a farm in a village in Suining, Sichuan province, China February 10, 2020. Picture taken February 10, 2020. China Daily via REUTERS
Vegetable grower Guillaume Lenoble poses among boxes with vegetable placed in a cold-storage room during the outbreak of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Perigny-sur-Yerres, France, March 31, 2020.
Joe Chlebanowski looks for a customer's apartment to deliver produce that was ordered online in Norman, Oklahoma, U.S., March 21, 2020.
Sandy Meir, left, buys produce from Debby Taylor while wearing a mask at the Farmers Public Market in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S., March 21, 2020.
A French farmer, wearing a protective face mask, gives a driving lesson to a new young farm worker for his tractor in Anneux, France, March 27, 2020. France appealed on Tuesday to workers laid off by the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis to help farmers pick fruit and vegetables that will otherwise be left to rot in the fields due to a shortage of seasonal workers.
Farmers load a truck with vegetables to be sent to Wuhan, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak, at a farm in a village in Suining, Sichuan province, China February 10, 2020. Picture taken China Daily via REUTERS
Workers throw away roses that can not be shipped to Europe due of the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Maridadi flower farm in Naivasha, Kenya, March 19, 2020.
A French farmer drives his tractor as he prepares the land before sowing during the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Anneux, France, March 26, 2020.
Bolivian farmers line up cooking gas cylinders as the country is under a nationwide quarantine to contain the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Guaqui near Titicaca lake, Bolivia March 30, 2020.
Vegetable grower Didier Lenoble, wearing a protective face mask, poses in front of a greenhouse during the outbreak of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Perigny-sur-Yerres, France, March 31, 2020.
Agricultural farms are shown during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the San Pasqual Valley of California, U.S., March 30, 2020.
Dairy farmers tend to soil a day after Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the federal government would offer an additional C$5 billion ($3.4 billion) line of credit for farmers and agricultural producers to help them through the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis, in Carrying Place, Ontario, Canada March 24, 2020.
A French farmer drives his tractor to prepare the land before sugar beets sowing in Anneux, France, March 27, 2020. France appealed on Tuesday to workers laid off by the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis to help farmers pick fruit and vegetables that will otherwise be left to rot in the fields due to a shortage of seasonal workers. Picture taken with a drone.
Vegetable grower Didier Lenoble, wearing a protective face mask, poses among boxes with vegetable in a cold-storage room during the outbreak of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Perigny-sur-Yerres, France, March 31, 2020.
Corn is harvested near Austin, Manitoba, Canada March 23, 2020, hours after Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the federal government would offer an additional C$5 billion ($3.4 billion) line of credit for farmers and agricultural producers to help them through the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis.
Bethany Ward tows a chicken house to a new piece of pasture on her farm in Pawnee, Oklahoma, U.S., March 22, 2020.
A worker picks roses that will be thrown way because they cannot be shipped to Europe due to the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Maridadi flower farm in Naivasha, Kenya, March 19, 2020.
Owners Eric and Clarita Santos gather daffodils at Santos Farm, which has been reduced to selling at their roadside stand during the temporary closure of the flower stalls at Seattle's Pike Place Market during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Kent, Washington, U.S. March 22, 2020.
Vegetable growers Didier Lenoble and his son Guillaume pose inside their greenhouse during the outbreak of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Perigny-sur-Yerres, France, March 31, 2020.
Naing Lin Htet inspects one of his watermelon farm that he will not harvest due to the outbreak of the coronavirus in Madauk, Bago, Myanmar, February 6, 2020.
Corn is harvested near Austin, Manitoba, Canada March 23, 2020, hours after Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the federal government would offer an additional C$5 billion ($3.4 billion) line of credit for farmers and agricultural producers to help them through the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis.
A dairy farmer feeds a calf milk from a bottle a day after Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the federal government would offer an additional C$5 billion ($3.4 billion) line of credit for farmers and agricultural producers to help them through the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis, in Carrying Place, Ontario, Canada March 24, 2020.
Fading roses are discarded as they cannot be shipped to Europe due of the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Maridadi flower farm in Naivasha, Kenya, March 19, 2020.
Dean Toews checks on his grain bins in MacGregor, Manitoba, Canada March 23, 2020, hours after Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the federal government would offer an additional C$5 billion ($3.4 billion) line of credit for farmers and agricultural producers to help them through the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis.
A dairy farmer herding cows a day after Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the federal government would offer an additional C$5 billion ($3.4 billion) line of credit for farmers and agricultural producers to help them through the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis, in Carrying Place, Ontario, Canada March 24, 2020.
Farm workers wearing masks are carried on a wagon pulled by a tractor during a 21 day nationwide lockdown, aimed at limiting the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), near a farm in Eikehof, South Africa March 30, 2020.
Dairy farmers tend to soil a day after Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the federal government would offer an additional C$5 billion ($3.4 billion) line of credit for farmers and agricultural producers to help them through the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis, in Carrying Place, Ontario, Canada March 24, 2020.
Farmers under pressure from coronavirus