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At the end of 2019 and the beginning of 2020, economic growth surveys did not project that the novel virus could have a negative impact on economic growth. As a result of the rapid spread of the virus and the increase in the number of infection cases, national governments took strict measures to limit the spread of the virus, which led to a significant deterioration in the economic situation in all industries of the economy. Agriculture plays an important role in providing food to the country\u2019s population, yet the pandemic made a negative impact on sales volumes and prices in the domestic and international markets. The research aims to assess the impacts of the pandemic on milk supply chains in Latvia and come up with solutions to stabilizing the situation in the dairy sector. The national restrictions to combat the pandemic also hampered the dairy sector concerning the sale of raw milk and finished products in foreign markets, thereby leading to overproduction and stockpiling of the finished products, price dumping and a significant decrease in milk purchase prices to or below the production cost level for many dairy farms. Although there is no indication that the pandemic would lead to a decrease in the numbers of livestock and farms or output in early 2021, it is too early to assess the overall impact of the pandemic on dairy farming, as uncertainty over the duration of pandemic restrictions is a major risk to farm survival. The operation of the dairy sector was stabilized by means of the support provided by the government, as well as the farms\u2019 accumulated financial and feed resources. In order to identify future challenges for milk supply chains, the research performed an analysis of operational risks for milk producers and processors to identify the most important risks and design recommendations for their elimination. The longer there is uncertainty about the return of the dairy sector to pre-pandemic output levels, the more likely it is that the pandemic is going to lead to a decrease in the numbers of dairy livestock and farms.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.2478\/plua-2021-0007","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,8,12]],"date-time":"2021-08-12T16:56:40Z","timestamp":1628787400000},"page":"53-64","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Resilience of Milk Supply Chains during and after the COVID-19 Crisis in Latvia"],"prefix":"10.2478","volume":"45","author":[{"given":"Irina","family":"Pilvere","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies , Liela street 2 , Jelgava , Latvia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ilze","family":"Upite","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies , Liela street 2 , Jelgava , Latvia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Aina","family":"Muska","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies , Liela street 2 , Jelgava , Latvia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kristaps","family":"Zdanovskis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Project Coordinator, EU Office for Agriculture and Rural Development , Rigas street 34 , Ozolnieki , Latvia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Aleksejs","family":"Nipers","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies , Liela street 2 , Jelgava , Latvia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Lana","family":"Janmere","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies , Liela street 2 , Jelgava , Latvia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"374","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,8,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"2026042905491145372_j_plua-2021-0007_ref_001","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Bracale, R., Vaccaro, C.M. 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