Across Europe, much of the food and agricultural industry has been severely affected by the coronavirus epidemic.
More than half of the fishermen in the Netherlands stopped going to sea. This became unprofitable, as prices for fresh fish fell sharply due to lack of demand.
In France, last week, one thousand five hundred tons of high-quality cheese was lost because farmers cannot sell it. All enterprises and farms suffer huge losses.
Many of the warehouses that store fresh vegetables and food throughout Europe are overcrowded. Products go bad and have to be destroyed, according to the BBC.
Serious consequences from COVID-19 were felt in Germany. The economy of Germany is the strongest in the world. Germany is an industrial country in which industries such as engineering, instrumentation and the chemical industry are developed. But now these industries are in recession, the most serious losses are the automotive industry, mechanical engineering and machine tool industry.
According to experts, the German economy will need 7 years to reach the pre-crisis level.