Addressing COVID-19 impacts on agriculture, food security, and livelihoods in India

India has taken early action to limit the spread of COVID-19, ordering a 21-day nationwide lockdown for its population of 1.3 billion people starting March 25. Subsequently the lockdown was renewed three more times before May 31. The unlocking of India began June 1, except in containment zones. The...

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Autor principal: Dev, S. Mahendra
Formato: Capítulo de libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143154
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description India has taken early action to limit the spread of COVID-19, ordering a 21-day nationwide lockdown for its population of 1.3 billion people starting March 25. Subsequently the lockdown was renewed three more times before May 31. The unlocking of India began June 1, except in containment zones. The novel coronavirus has spread widely in India and the number of reported infections is 217,000, with relatively few deaths, at 6,075, as of June 4. However, as COVID-19 cases are increasing fast, there is great concern about the disease’s potential spread and impact. India has to be ready for a possible surge. The government views the pattern of the spread of COVID-19 as similar to the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic, meaning the spread is unlikely to be uniform. It is concentrated in a few big cities and states and its spread is less in rural areas and smaller towns and cities.
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spelling CGSpace1431542025-11-06T03:56:42Z Addressing COVID-19 impacts on agriculture, food security, and livelihoods in India Dev, S. Mahendra supply chains economic impact migrant labour covid-19 health employment farmers social protection agriculture nutrition disease prevention livelihoods food security cash transfers social safety nets India has taken early action to limit the spread of COVID-19, ordering a 21-day nationwide lockdown for its population of 1.3 billion people starting March 25. Subsequently the lockdown was renewed three more times before May 31. The unlocking of India began June 1, except in containment zones. The novel coronavirus has spread widely in India and the number of reported infections is 217,000, with relatively few deaths, at 6,075, as of June 4. However, as COVID-19 cases are increasing fast, there is great concern about the disease’s potential spread and impact. India has to be ready for a possible surge. The government views the pattern of the spread of COVID-19 as similar to the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic, meaning the spread is unlikely to be uniform. It is concentrated in a few big cities and states and its spread is less in rural areas and smaller towns and cities. 2020-06-01 2024-05-22T12:12:15Z 2024-05-22T12:12:15Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143154 en https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133762 https://www.ifpri.org/blog/addressing-covid-19-impacts-agriculture-food-security-and-livelihoods-india Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Dev, S. Mahendra. 2020. Addressing COVID-19 impacts on agriculture, food security, and livelihoods in India. In COVID-19 and global food security, eds. Johan Swinnen and John McDermott. Part One: Food security, poverty, and inequality, Chapter 7, Pp. 33-35. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133762_07.
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economic impact
migrant labour
covid-19
health
employment
farmers
social protection
agriculture
nutrition
disease prevention
livelihoods
food security
cash transfers
social safety nets
Dev, S. Mahendra
Addressing COVID-19 impacts on agriculture, food security, and livelihoods in India
title Addressing COVID-19 impacts on agriculture, food security, and livelihoods in India
title_full Addressing COVID-19 impacts on agriculture, food security, and livelihoods in India
title_fullStr Addressing COVID-19 impacts on agriculture, food security, and livelihoods in India
title_full_unstemmed Addressing COVID-19 impacts on agriculture, food security, and livelihoods in India
title_short Addressing COVID-19 impacts on agriculture, food security, and livelihoods in India
title_sort addressing covid 19 impacts on agriculture food security and livelihoods in india
topic supply chains
economic impact
migrant labour
covid-19
health
employment
farmers
social protection
agriculture
nutrition
disease prevention
livelihoods
food security
cash transfers
social safety nets
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