International Journal of Agriculture Extension and Social Development

The expand of Covid-19 pandemic affected all parts of the human society by creating massive socio-economic panic across all the sectors including agriculture, commerce, shipping, manufacturing and tertiary sectors across the world. The agricultural and food sector were considered as the most crucial part of the developing economics across the globe, which was completely exposed during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Due to the spread of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), global agriculture is currently out of balance. The agriculture companies states that the two primary ways that COVID-19 affects agriculture are the supply and demand for food. In an attempt to disrupt the movement of agricultural products into markets, the virus started to spread over multiple countries.

Farmers have limited access to agricultural inputs. Open-field vegetables and spring crops like wheat, barley, and maize cannot be grown during a pandemic. Agriculture is now facing significant effects as a result of the pandemic. Each and every thing which are linked to agricultural production to the final consumer has been impacted by COVID-19. Noticeably, the Indian economy was dealing with rising food prices even prior to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. A significant part of our existence is agriculture. Agriculture has been seriously impacted by the coronavirus outbreak. Numerous factors have affected the supply chain for agriculture, agriculture is the most significant area of human progress. No income exists when there is no production, depending on the workers of the agricultural industry.

COVID-19 pandemic affects the lives of many farmers all over the world and has a negative impact on agriculture sector.