Abstract
The Indian agriculture and allied sector is not an exemption in facing the unprecedented conditions occurring due to the coronavirus pandemic. But the sector is resilient enough to have a setback and show its economic prominence. Agriculture and allied sector has shown a 3.1% GDP growth during the pandemic even though the sector involves manual outdoor operations on a daily basis. The food grain output was recorded as the highest ever (295.67MT) during 2019-20. Out of the highest contributing crops, rice has shown the highest increase in production (9.27 m tons) followed by pulses and Cotton, whereas the remaining crops has shown an average increase of 3.52 million tons. In spite of the perishability of the agriculture goods, harvest is being wasted at markets, Industrial godowns and on-crop wastage has also become a serious problem due to less marketable time, poor storage techniques and workforce. On the flip side, Due to the increase of unemployment in the country the malnutrition has become much concern due to lack of purchasing power of citizens. But the farmers in the country normally have less profit margin of over 10-12% of the cost of production. As South India is the most hard hit of diseases caused due to undernutrition, The Agribusiness and agri production, supply chain systems and allied sectors should allocate properly the increased production with necessary postharvest and processing measures and increase trade opportunities for increasing value added in order to achieve nutritional security and increase profit margin of farmers and thereby to fight the effect of pandemic on people.
Highlights
India consistently ranks second among most populous countries in the world [6]
COVID -19 is exceptional in its risk on human life as it is exceptional from other viruses in its rapid multiplying nature and genetic transformation ability
The agrifood production, supply chain and processing industries struggle in bringing food from field to fork
Summary
India consistently ranks second among most populous countries in the world [6]. Agriculture being the backbone of Indian economy is a source of employment to almost 60 percent of the country's population with its diversified interrelation with Forestry, Fishery, Animal husbandry, Dairy, Poultry and other. India is the world's largest producer of milk, pulses and jute, and ranks as the second largest producer of rice, wheat, sugarcane, groundnut, vegetables, fruit and cotton It is one of the leading producers of spices, fish, poultry, livestock and plantation crops. August 2020) and focuses on the main troubles of the farmers investments during July and August months This might be and the reliable measures to be taken to improve production vs due to the reverse migration of people to villages and the consumption and distribution pattern, measures to improve future uncertainty left in other sectors. This has created the profit margin of farmers and to reduce postharvest losses. Willingness to invest back in agriculture,[14] Unlike the recent years scenarios of moving to other sectors
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