Not Just Migrant Workers, Indian Farmers Are Also Struggling During Coronavirus Lockdown
In an attempt to contain the spread of coronavirus, the country is observing a twenty-one-day nationwide lockdown, that started on March 25. While these restrictions will hopefully curb the spread of COVID-19, it is also impacting on the country's agriculture sector. Due to the three-week-lockdown, farmers across the country are having a tough time transporting and selling their produce in the city.
In an attempt to contain the spread of coronavirus, the country is observing a twenty-one-day nationwide lockdown, that started on March 25. While these restrictions will hopefully curb the spread of COVID-19, it is also impacting on the country's agriculture sector. Due to the three-week-lockdown, farmers across the country are having a tough time transporting and selling their produce in the city.
Reuters
A farmer feeds iceberg lettuce to his buffalo because?he is not able to transport his produce and sell it in markets, amid the three-week lockdown.
Reuters
¡°Tourists and ice cream producers are the main buyers of strawberries, but there are no tourists n... Read More
¡°Tourists and ice cream producers are the main buyers of strawberries, but there are no tourists now,¡± said Anil Salunkhe, while feeding strawberries?to his cows in Satara district of?Maharashtra.
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A young farmer from Ingalakuppe of Pandavapura in Mandya district dumped several crates of his tom... Read More
A young farmer from Ingalakuppe of Pandavapura in Mandya district dumped several crates of his tomato produce into a lake, as he failed to sell it due to the lockdown.
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A severe?shortage?of?labour, triggered by India's 21-day-lockdown to curb the spread of the new coro... Read More
A severe?shortage?of?labour, triggered by India's 21-day-lockdown to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, may disrupt harvesting of winter crops
such as wheat.
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A farmer carries harvested cauliflower for sale through a field in Kolkata.?India has stockpiles of wheat, rice and sugar for its own population and has not been exporting wheat, so international grains markets are unlikely to be affected by the?labour?issues, for now.
Reuters
Notably, in a relief to farmers during the lockdown, the central government has granted relaxation to agriculture-farming and allied activities to ensure uninterrupted harvesting of crops.
BCCL
With borders shut and markets closed, farmers across the country are looking at some tough days ahead due to lack of transport and labour support.
AP
In the past few days, there have been several instances from across the country where?farmers were f... Read More
In Uttar Pradesh, farmers don't have farm machines and labourers to harvest the ripe crops of sugarcane and wheat, and even if they somehow manage to do it, they don't have a place to store it.?
BCCL
Munishamappa, a farmer near India¡¯s IT hub of Bengaluru, dumped 15 tonnes of?grapes?in a nearby forest after failing to sell them - he had spent Rs 5,00,000 on?his?crop.
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