Way-Forward: COVID-19 and Indian Agriculture

What is the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resultant economic lockdown on rural India? Has the COVID-19 pandemic further accentuated the agrarian crisis? This video explores the various ways in which the pandemic has impacted agricultural production, prices, incomes, supply and demand constraints since the lockdown, with a special focus on agricultural workers and other marginalised sections. The speakers include Professor Madhura Swaminathan from ISI, Bangalore and Ranjini Basu Focus on the Global South.

The video is an excerpt from the webinar organised by the Rosa Luxemberg Stiftung- South Asia, in collaboration with Focus on the Global South, Foundation for Agrarian Studies, Living Farms and Newsclick, broadcasted on June 4, 2020.