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

P VENKATESH; D R SINGH; JAIPRAKASH BISEN; V SANGEETHA; SURESH KUMAR; RENJINIV R; M BALASUBRAMANIAN; GIRISHK JHA; ALKA SINGH

doi:10.56093/ijas.v91i4.112741

Authors

P VENKATESH ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India
D R SINGH ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India
JAIPRAKASH BISEN ICAR-National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, Odisha
V SANGEETHA ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India
SURESH KUMAR ICAR-Indian institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Koraput, Odisha
RENJINIV R ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India
M BALASUBRAMANIAN ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India
GIRISHK JHA ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India
ALKA SINGH ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India

https://doi.org/10.56093/ijas.v91i4.112741

Keywords:

COVID-19 lockdown, Farming constraints, Farm income losses, Income support

Abstract

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 â‚¹0.93 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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