Sustainable Agriculture Systems and Technologies

4Multifaceted Impact of Lockdown During COVID‐19 on Food Security and Smallholder Agricultural Systems

Aishwarya¹, Meenu Rani², Bhagwan Singh Chaudhary³, Bharat Lal¹, Rajiv Nandan¹, and Pavan Kumar⁴

¹ College of Agriculture, Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India

² Department of Geography, Kumaun University, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India

³ Department of Geophysics, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana, India

⁴ College of Horticulture and Forestry, Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India

CONTENTS

• 4.1 Introduction
• 4.2 Predictive Model for Deflation of COVID‐19 Spread in India
• 4.3 Impact on the National Economy
• 4.4 Government of India and Local Government Initiatives
• 4.5 The Economic Challenges of Local Farmers
• 4.6 Impact on The Economy of Indian Farmers
  • 4.6.1 Lack of Agricultural Labor Holds Up Harvesting
  • 4.6.2 Is Price Crash in the Post‐Lockdown Phase a Reality?
  • 4.6.3 Steps Taken by the Government to Announce Packages, Do They Support?
• 4.7 ICAR Initiatives
• 4.8 Impact on State Agriculture
• 4.9 Conclusion
• References

4.1 Introduction

With the emergence of coronavirus disease (COVID‐19) as a public health emergency of international concern, India seems to be one of the top vulnerable countries. COVID‐19 is the seventh member of the coronavirus family and in the past six other types have already been reported. The genetic and genome structure of COVID‐19 is approximately 80% similar ...