Covid-19 Impact on Agriculture and Food Security

COVID-19 having high transmissibility is more contagious, and its ability to survive on surfaces making it more challenging to destroy and this led to extraordinary socioeconomic disruption (Jafri et al., 2021). Responding to this pandemic, many countries imposed strict control measures such as lockdowns that had seriously impacted food availability, accessibility, altered dietary practices and worsened food insecurity situation. In India for a durable food security the requirements of four pillars (availability, accessibility, utilization and stability) should be fully met. Agriculture which is indispensable for food security disrupted on large scale which led to various disruptions in pre-farm gate and post-farm gate operations like unavailability of agriculture inputs, labour shortage, unavailability of machinery, extension services, agricultural marketing, storage, transportation, processing and others. This article insights how COVID-19 impacted food security and agriculture both positively and negatively and government interventions to combat the pandemic situation