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How states are ensuring food reaches from farm to fork during lockdown

Business Standard brings you the initiatives taken by 11 states in the country to alleviate the distress of the cultivator and the consumer

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The agro marketing machinery across the country has been geared up to activate the supply chain from the farm to retail dealer during the next phase of the lockdown

BS Reporters New Delhi/Mumbai/Ahmedabad/ Lucknow/Kolkata/ Hyderabad
Following an order from the prime minister during his meeting with state chief ministers on Saturday, the agro marketing machinery across the country has been geared up to activate the supply chain from farm to retail dealers in the next phase of the lockdown.

Farmers in almost every state have been facing difficulties in harvesting and selling their crops. Some states have started direct procurement, while others have resolved some of these issues.
 
Most key rabi-producing states of north India, such as Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, have staggered their procurement to enable farmers to come in batches,  so that there is