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Farmers could not get an adequate number of laborers needed to work in their fields. Also, the nationwide lockdown came at an unfortunate time for farmers, as it was the harvest season for the rabi (winter) crop. The lockdown created both a shortage of labor and equipment

I am not able to grow my crops for the winters! What am I to do?

During the lockdown (2020), farmers got about 16% less of their vegetables and flowers worth.

I used to sell this for Rs. 20,000 but now, I sell it for about Rs. 3500 less.

Farmers have not been able to harvest their bumper crops of cereal and oilseed harvest this season. In some places, the crops were abandoned, while in others the harvest was coming more than a month late, in hand with limited and more expensive labor. Long supply chains were also severely affected, especially at the beginning of the lockdown when transport was restricted.

Experience indicated that access to resources and services during and just after the imposition of the lockdown situation became major bottlenecks, particularly for the resource-poor farmers.

Farmers could not get an adequate number of laborers needed to work in their fields. Also, the nationwide lockdown came at an unfortunate time for farmers, as it was the harvest season for the rabi (winter) crop. The lockdown created both a shortage of labor and equipment

I am not able to grow my crops for the winters! What am I to do?

During the lockdown (2020), farmers got about 16% less of their vegetables and flowers worth.

I used to sell this for Rs. 20,000 but now, I sell it for about Rs. 3500 less.

Farmers have not been able to harvest their bumper crops of cereal and oilseed harvest this season. In some places, the crops were abandoned, while in others the harvest was coming more than a month late, in hand with limited and more expensive labor. Long supply chains were also severely affected, especially at the beginning of the lockdown when transport was restricted.

Experience indicated that access to resources and services during and just after the imposition of the lockdown situation became major bottlenecks, particularly for the resource-poor farmers.

Farmers could not get an adequate number of laborers needed to work in their fields. Also, the nationwide lockdown came at an unfortunate time for farmers, as it was the harvest season for the rabi (winter) crop. The lockdown created both a shortage of labor and equipment

I am not able to grow my crops for the winters! What am I to do?

During the lockdown (2020), farmers got about 16% less of their vegetables and flowers worth.

I used to sell this for Rs. 20,000 but now, I sell it for about Rs. 3500 less.

Farmers have not been able to harvest their bumper crops of cereal and oilseed harvest this season. In some places, the crops were abandoned, while in others the harvest was coming more than a month late, in hand with limited and more expensive labor. Long supply chains were also severely affected, especially at the beginning of the lockdown when transport was restricted.

Experience indicated that access to resources and services during and just after the imposition of the lockdown situation became major bottlenecks, particularly for the resource-poor farmers.