Agriculture In India During Covid 19

Traders across the country are struggling to combat rumours about closure of markets and attempts to create artificial shortages.

Ts eamcet hall ticket 2020. The indigenous youth in koraput a rural district in the indian state of odisha are no exception. Given the precarious livelihoods of many indians agriculture food security and safety net policy and program responses are also urgently required. But crops standing in fields kept growing and farmers continued to tend them.

Indian agriculture provides employment opportunities to more than half. The covid 19 pandemic is a global crisis which is already affecting the food and agriculture sector. The outbreak of the novel coronavirus in india as part of global pandemic shut down offices of the gloating services sector and closed factories.

With covid 19 now spreading in india massive consequences to health and livelihoods are feared and the government has imposed a 21 day national lockdown to limit virus transmission. Indian agriculture ecosystem during covid 19. Dr arabinda padhee country director india icrisat and agriculture policy analyst believes that agriculture is the only sector that acted with some semblance of normalcy during this pandemic even during the lockdown period barring reports of some disruption in supply chains of few perishables in the initial period of lockdown the situation did not deteriorate and the poultry sector being.

The economic impact of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic in india has been largely disruptive. Covid 19 has essentially and largely remained an urban outbreak in india till now. Prompt measures to ensure that food supply chains are kept alive domestically and internationally to mitigate the risk of large shocks that would have a considerable impact on everybody especially on the poor and the most vulnerable.

Before covid 19 hit many were already participating in a youth focused agriculture project supported by ifads indigenous peoples assistance facility and implemented by pragati koraput a local partner. Except chicken demand for agricultural commodities has not been affected due to coronavirus either in india or in the international market. Taking stock of the issues can help governments and businesses create stronger more resilient supply chains and measures to support smallholder farmers who are critical to the food supply chain.

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