IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON INDIAN AGRICULTURE AND E-COMMERCE AS SOLUTION TO BOOST AN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY

P.A. MENASINKAI¹*, C.S. SHIVANAND², R.M. NADAF³, M.R. NAYAK⁴, B.L. PATIL^5
1Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, 580005, Karnataka, India
²KLE Society S Nijalingappa College, Bengaluru, 560010, India
³Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, 396450, Gujarat, India
⁴Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, 580005, Karnataka, India
⁵Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, 580005, Karnataka, India
* Corresponding Author : pavitra06am@gmail.com

Received : 01-11-2020     Accepted : 12-11-2020     Published : 15-11-2020
Volume : 12     Issue : 21       Pages : 10370 - 10373
Int J Agr Sci 12.21 (2020):10370-10373

Keywords : Covid-19, e-NAM, ReMS
Academic Editor : Praveena S.
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, 580005, Karnataka, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

The present study established based on the primary data and secondary data and processed by descriptive statistics and garret ranking technique. Results of the study depicted that; the actions taken by the Govt. are really appreciable to supplement the farmers’ income through various schemes. With respect to marketing of agricultural commodities, it is advocated to go for online trade (e-NAM, ReMS). Since the price in the online platform is higher, it is benefited for the farmers by wider market. Although online marketing benefited the farmers by eliminating middlemen exploitation and providing remunerative price, there were constraints, such as farmers’ outstanding loan in financial institutions (I) and lack of immediate payment (II) were the major constraints faced by the farmers. Diversion to traditional market owing to problems in online market (I) and lack of funds for daily transaction (II) were the major constraints faced by the traders in online marketing. Lack of adequate grading and poor farmer participation were the major constraints faced by the market committee. The study suggested the need for creating awareness regarding the importance of grading in fetching remunerative price in online marketing and the system of online marketing shall uniformly establish all over the APMCs of Karnataka for the effective implementation.