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As harvest season looms, how will the coronavirus lockdown affect agriculture? -Sruthisagar Yamunan

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Vegetable farmers are already reeling under losses and wheat farmers are worried about labour shortages.

The wheat crop on Sukbhir Singh’s four acres of land 20 km from Ludhiana in Punjab will be ready for harvest next week. Plentiful rain and an unusually cold winter, said the farmer, is set to increase the yields.

But he is worried about the lockdown: would he be able to harvest and transport the grain under the current conditions?

On March 24, the central government announced a 21-day lockdown to contain the spread of the coronavirus in India. However, it took three days for the government to realise that agricultural activities would be hit by the lockdown. On March 27, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs amended the lockdown order to include agricultural activities in the list of essential services allowed to function during the lockdown.

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