..This year’s harvest is expected by mid-October, but Aziz and his workforce are facing a new setback this year: his buyers are offering much lower prices because they say demand has collapsed as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

..Many small farmers like Aziz need to work other jobs to supplement their harvest income, even if they own land and are better off than the seasonal farmhands they hire. But Omar noted that Aziz needs to look after the farm year round, which limits his ability to work other jobs and have other sources of income.