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Title: IMPACT OF COVID – 19 ON VEGETABLE MARKET: A STUDY OF BENGALURU MARKET IN KARNATAKA, INDIA
Authors: Dr. Puttaswamaiah S.
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Dr. Puttaswamaiah S. Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Bangalore University, Bangalore – 560056
MLA 8 S., Dr. Puttaswamaiah. "IMPACT OF COVID – 19 ON VEGETABLE MARKET: A STUDY OF BENGALURU MARKET IN KARNATAKA, INDIA." nt. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 6, no. 6, June 2021, pp. 1645-1656, doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2021.v06i06.003. Accessed June 2021. APA 6 S., D. (2021, June). IMPACT OF COVID – 19 ON VEGETABLE MARKET: A STUDY OF BENGALURU MARKET IN KARNATAKA, INDIA. nt. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 6(6), 1645-1656. Retrieved from doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2021.v06i06.003 Chicago S., Dr. Puttaswamaiah. "IMPACT OF COVID – 19 ON VEGETABLE MARKET: A STUDY OF BENGALURU MARKET IN KARNATAKA, INDIA." nt. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 6, no. 6 (June 2021), 1645-1656. Accessed June, 2021. doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2021.v06i06.003.
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Abstract: Pandemic COVID – 19crippled all sectors of economy adversely affecting production and distribution chains along with health of people. Government enforced measures like lockdown accentuated the problems, which were more severe in agriculture sector owing to production of perishable products like vegetables, flower and fruits.Large number of farmers could not harvest or market their crop due to lockdown restrictions and supply to market disrupted causing fluctuations in arrival and price, which is more in case of products like vegetables. Considering the adverse impacts of COVID - 19 the present paper examined pattern of arrival, wholesale price and retail price of vegetables in Bangalore vegetable market, by using data available on National Horticulture Board data base. The analysis revealed that during lockdown vegetable supply was completely stopped, and after lockdown supply increased, but with more fluctuations in arrival, indicating adverse impacts of COVID – 19 on production of vegetables. Wholesale price and retail price of vegetables also increased along with rise in supply, which further evidenced price rise during pandemics. This behaviour of market calls for intervention to protect farmers from incurring loss by appropriate measures for harvesting, transporting and marketing of perishable agricultural produce, otherwise which is a national waste.

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