Background Recent agricultural innovations have cast question on the sustainability of current production techniques, which have felt the brunt of the coronavirus pandemic's devastating impact on the country's economy and agriculture. A lack of available labour and other inputs, as well as falling output prices due to falling commodity demand in some markets, have all disrupted production in the sector. To better the economic situation of the farmers who have registered with the fisheries biosecurity division, off-farm employment is referred to as a significant approach for supplementing farm household income and maintaining rural livelihoods. For rural communities and families, making a living from the land is as important as farming.