COVID-19 Pandemic-Induced Disruptions and Implications for National Food Security and Farm Incomes: Farm-Level Evidence from Indian Punjab

Kamal Vatta; Shruti Bhogal; Adam Stuart Green; Heena Sharma; Cameron Petrie; Sandeep Dixit

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COVID-19 Pandemic-Induced Disruptions and Implications for National Food Security and Farm Incomes: Farm-Level Evidence from Indian Punjab

Kamal Vatta^*, Shruti Bhogal, Adam Stuart Green, Heena Sharma, Cameron Petrie, Sandeep Dixit

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By using the data from a primary survey of 1100 farm households from Indian Punjab, the present study examined the impact of COVID-19 pandemic-induced disruptions on food security and farm incomes. The paddy-wheat-based production system showed resilience to the challenges of the COVID-19 situation. Farmers adapted effectively to the changed equilibrium and there was no decline in food production, land lease activity or cropping patterns. The disruptions in agricultural machinery services and input supplies led to a rise in the rent of machinery and input prices. Agricultural wages also jumped due to scarcity of agricultural labour. The study highlights no imminent threat to food supplies from Punjab and hence to national food security. It showed that farmers may need some ﬁnancial support to counter the effect of rising costs of farming. There is a need to enhance the resilience of various input and output markets in agriculture in the future.

Original language	English
Article number	4452
Number of pages	13
Journal	Sustainability
Volume	14
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/su14084452
Publication status	Published - 8 Apr 2022

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