How states are dealing with lockdown-driven delay in harvesting Rabi crops

Since the supply chain has several functionaries and operations, effectiveness of the relaxations will depend on how well they are implemented, while ensuring Covid-19 precautions aren't violated

With the harvesting of most rabi crops getting underway amid the Covid-19 lockdown, several states are adopting innovative and unique ways to ensure that while the delay does not impact farmers’ realisations, lockdown rules aren’t violated either.

Most big rabi producing states such as Punjab, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Gujarat have delayed their annual procurement of wheat, oilseeds and pulses. As far as horticultural crops are concerned, they are framing rules to ensure the smooth movement of potatoes, cucumbers, bananas, mangoes and other produce from the fields to the mandis, with minimum human interface.

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