Assessment of farm constraints and income losses during COVID-19 lockdown in India

A telephonic survey was conducted during May 2020 among 675 farmers across 28 districts of 11 states of India to assess farm constraints and income losses of lockdown 1.0 and 2.0. The results indicate that labour availability and input accessibility were hurdles, but manageable to some extent. Howev...

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Main Authors: P VENKATESH, D R SINGH, JAIPRAKASH BISEN, V SANGEETHA, SURESH KUMAR, RENJINIV R, M BALASUBRAMANIAN, GIRISHK JHA, ALKA SINGH
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Language:English
Published: Indian Council of Agricultural Research 2022-10-01
Series:The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences
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Online Access:https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/112741
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D R SINGH
JAIPRAKASH BISEN
V SANGEETHA
SURESH KUMAR
RENJINIV R
M BALASUBRAMANIAN
GIRISHK JHA
ALKA SINGH
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description A telephonic survey was conducted during May 2020 among 675 farmers across 28 districts of 11 states of India to assess farm constraints and income losses of lockdown 1.0 and 2.0. The results indicate that labour availability and input accessibility were hurdles, but manageable to some extent. However, marketing constraints inflicted 48 and 19% losses in total expected income of perishable and non-perishable commodities and average loss per farm household was ₹0.93 lakh (28%). Although, income support was given through PM-KISAN, it was not adequate to compensate losses. Therefore, farm income support needs to be enhanced to cope with lockdown losses.
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spelling doaj.art-dbfd71dd99ed4912a2733dd636b883872023-02-08T11:05:36ZengIndian Council of Agricultural ResearchThe Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences0019-50222394-33192022-10-0191410.56093/ijas.v91i4.112741Assessment of farm constraints and income losses during COVID-19 lockdown in IndiaP VENKATESH0D R SINGH1JAIPRAKASH BISEN2V SANGEETHA3SURESH KUMAR4RENJINIV R5M BALASUBRAMANIAN6GIRISHK JHA7ALKA SINGH8ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, IndiaICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, IndiaICAR-National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, OdishaICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, IndiaICAR-Indian institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Koraput, OdishaICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, IndiaICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, IndiaICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, IndiaICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, IndiaA telephonic survey was conducted during May 2020 among 675 farmers across 28 districts of 11 states of India to assess farm constraints and income losses of lockdown 1.0 and 2.0. The results indicate that labour availability and input accessibility were hurdles, but manageable to some extent. However, marketing constraints inflicted 48 and 19% losses in total expected income of perishable and non-perishable commodities and average loss per farm household was ₹0.93 lakh (28%). Although, income support was given through PM-KISAN, it was not adequate to compensate losses. Therefore, farm income support needs to be enhanced to cope with lockdown losses.https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/112741COVID-19 lockdownFarming constraintsFarm income lossesIncome support
spellingShingle P VENKATESH
D R SINGH
JAIPRAKASH BISEN
V SANGEETHA
SURESH KUMAR
RENJINIV R
M BALASUBRAMANIAN
GIRISHK JHA
ALKA SINGH
Assessment of farm constraints and income losses during COVID-19 lockdown in India
The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences
COVID-19 lockdown
Farming constraints
Farm income losses
Income support
title Assessment of farm constraints and income losses during COVID-19 lockdown in India
title_full Assessment of farm constraints and income losses during COVID-19 lockdown in India
title_fullStr Assessment of farm constraints and income losses during COVID-19 lockdown in India
title_full_unstemmed Assessment of farm constraints and income losses during COVID-19 lockdown in India
title_short Assessment of farm constraints and income losses during COVID-19 lockdown in India
title_sort assessment of farm constraints and income losses during covid 19 lockdown in india
topic COVID-19 lockdown
Farming constraints
Farm income losses
Income support
url https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/112741
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