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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | COVID-19: 60% farmers suffered yield loss on their harvest, shows survey -Shagun Kapil

COVID-19: 60% farmers suffered yield loss on their harvest, shows survey -Shagun Kapil

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published Published on May 21, 2020   modified Modified on May 21, 2020

-Down to Earth

Survey aimed to evaluate the impact of the nationwide lockdown against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on agricultural production and livelihood
 
More than half the farmers who harvested their crops suffered a lower yield during the nationwide lockdown, compared to the last season of sowing the same crop, revealed a survey of 1,500 farmers in 200 districts across 12 states.

The lockdown — to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) — also forced 55 per cent of the farmers to store their crops as they were unable to sell them.

The survey — aimed to evaluate the impact of the lockdown on agricultural production and livelihood — was conducted by the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Public Health Foundation of India and Centre for Sustainable Agriculture from May 3 to May 15, 2020.

Farmers across Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal were roped in for the survey.

Losses for 40 per cent of the farmers who experienced a yield loss, occurred from a lack of labour, storage or transport options, said the survey. Weather was also cited as a reason for the loss in yield by 80 per cent of the farmers.

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Down to Earth, 21 May, 2020, https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/agriculture/covid-19-60-farmers-suffered-yield-loss-on-their-harvest-shows-survey-71270


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