Management of the Pandemic: Agriculture, Food Management and Resilience During Covid-19 in India

Published date01 September 2021
AuthorPushpa Singh
DOI10.1177/00195561211045094
Date01 September 2021
Subject MatterArticles
Management of the
Pandemic: Agriculture,
Food Management and
Resilience During
Covid-19 in India
Pushpa Singh1
Abstract
This article aims to analyse the impact of Covid-19 on agricultural activities, food
security and policies of food management during the pandemic in India, particularly
with reference to hardships caused to the most vulnerable communities due to
the loss of livelihood, issues of access and availability. The explorations suggest
that the growing inclination to centralise the structure of contemporary food and
farming would make the entire system fragile, further accentuating the issues of
food insecurity in the country. On the other hand, the localised, diverse systems
of farming practices existing in various parts of India are rooted in agroecology,
judiciously using and conserving the local natural resources. Thus, they have
emerged as not only sustainable in the long run but are also food secure. While
this impending crisis has exposed the systemic weakness of globalised food
systems like never before, it also provides us with a crucial opportunity to mend
our food and farming, keeping the long-term sustainability and food security as
the goals.
Keywords
Covid-19, agriculture, food security, food management, local food systems,
agroecology, post Covid-19 India
Article
1 Department of Political Science, Miranda House, University of Delhi, India.
Corresponding author:
Pushpa Singh, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Miranda House, University of
Delhi, Delhi 110007, India.
E-mail: pushpa.s@mirandahouse.ac.in
Indian Journal of Public
Administration
67(3) 324–336, 2021
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