Abstract

Author:
Ajay Kumar Yadav,  Anup Sharma, Sneha Sapkota, Srijana Shrestha

Doi: 10.26480/seps.01.2021.07.12

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The study was carried out from May 10, 2020 to May 25, 2020 to find out the impact of lockdown due to COVID-19 on vegetables of Palpa district. For this, municipalities: Tansen and Bagnaskali which were under AKC, Palpa, were purposively selected. 60 respondents were selected by using simple random sampling method from the 500 farmers (population frame) to represent farmers of AKC command area. The household survey was carried out to collect information using a semi-structured interview schedule. The data were processed and analyzed by using Ms-excel and SPSS. The analysis showed that mainly Covid-19 impact on vegetable viz; cauliflower, cabbage, tomato and cucumber, during the lockdown. Lockdown affected both supply and demand channels. It also affects all elements of the production to the consumer that caused 42% loss due to COVID-19 in a short period which adversely effects their economy. The fluctuation of price was also vastly different which impact to wholesaler sells rate which was a decrease by around 55% in many crops via tomato, cauliflower, cabbage. Due to which consumer get vegetables at a cheaper price. The government launched agri-ambulance facility to link producer and consumer which was one of the quick and effective ways to sell the vegetable from farm to table. They also launched COVID-19 program for the people who came from abroad to increase people participation in agriculture.