Pandemic and the farmers

Twenty-twenty(2020) ,the dream vision of children who have grown up writing essay on 'India in 2020'. The year which was a hope for farmers for higher production. The year containing millions of dreams was about to come. 

It was the month of  December,2019. Farmers have sown their seeds of cereals,pulses,fruits and vegetables, flowers, etc. Livestock farmers have also planned for higher production and stock in markets.

The year for which all were waiting has come.Everyone celebrated ,but after a week or two, we heard the arrival of new virus named novel corona. As the time passed it started spreading all over the world . In the month of March ,it was declared as Pandemic. Due to which Lockdown  was imposed in our country. Everything got closed. Such an awkward situation was never seen before in so many years. 

The month of April is the 'month of Harvesting', also considered as labor-intensive month. Due to lockdown which was imposed to protect us from the outbreak of Covid19, resulted in the absence of laborers and transportation which were required for processing, packing, transporting and selling the produce. This affected farmers at a major level. All the flowers which were to be used during the wedding season are destroyed in the fields. Some have to forcibly dump their poultry .Floriculture, agriculture, horticulture,etc. all types of farming are being affected due to this Pandemic.

The farmers were already battling for demand, and now the decline in prices is going to hurt the income of farmers .

To read my other posts click on the links given below:-
Farmer story:The locust
Farmer story:Two brothers
Farmer story:A land
Farmer and agriculture