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How India’s agrifood supply chains fared during the COVID-19 lockdown, from farm to fork

author(s) Narayanan, Sudha
from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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  • Southern Asia
  • Asia
  • World
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Narayanan, Sudha, 'How India’s agrifood supply chains fared during the COVID-19 lockdown, from farm to fork', In COVID-19 and global food security: Two years later, eds. John McDermott and Johan Swinnen. Part Two: Agricultural Production and Value Chains, Chapter 14, Pp. 93-97, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC, 2022

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Abstract

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Indian government imposed a stringent national lockdown from March 24 to May 31, 2020, which caused severe disruptions across agrifood supply chains from “farm to fork.” The government was consistently one step behind in terms of preventing these problems (Narayanan and Saha 2020b).

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