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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Farming under lockdown: Short on labourers, a long harvest -Vikas Vasudeva & Priscilla Jebaraj

Farming under lockdown: Short on labourers, a long harvest -Vikas Vasudeva & Priscilla Jebaraj

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published Published on Apr 18, 2020   modified Modified on Apr 18, 2020

-The Hindu

Even though a record crop is expected this year, the lockdown may have robbed farmers of the chance to reap profits. There are no migrant labourers to help with harvesting and procurement, and no transport facilities to take the produce to markets in many parts of the country, report Vikas Vasudeva and Priscilla Jebaraj

Jagtar Singh is a man in a hurry. It’s April 15, and with temperatures starting to soar, the government has just begun procurement of the winter wheat crop. Migrant workers have fled Jagtar’s village, Kailon, in Punjab following the announcement of a lockdown to contain the novel coronavirus pandemic. As a result, there is shortage of farm labour in the village. Jagtar, 47, and his family of six are rushing to harvest their single acre of farmland themselves and sell the crop as early as possible, to prevent it from getting damaged for want of storage space.

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* Alok Deshpande, Aditya Anand and Appaji Reddem contributed to reporting. 


The Hindu, 18 April, 2020, https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/farming-under-lockdown-short-on-labourers-a-long-harvest/article31370176.ece?homepage=true


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