Impacts Of Covid-19 On Agri Farmers In Drought Affcted Districts Of Andhra Pradesh

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Shaik Khadar Basha, Dr. Akondi Srikanth

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In India, nearly 70% of the people live in rural villages. In rural villages farmer’s main income source is agriculture. Now everyone has been listening the word COVID-19 through Television, News papers, word of mouth and Social Networking sites etc., however COVID-19 is the name given by the World Health Organization on 11th February, 2020 for the disease caused by the novel corona virus SARS-CoV-2(Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus 2). It started in Wuhan, China in late 2019 and has since spread worldwide. COVID-19 is an acronym that stands for corona virus disease of 2019. The pandemic is impacting global as well as domestic food systems especially agriculture sector. The WHO declared the COVID-19 disease to be a global pandemic. Along with the Central, State Governments have announced several policy decisions to prevent and contain the spread of the virus in their respective states. The present study focused the impacts of covid -19 on agri farmers in drought affected districts of Andhra Pradesh. The main objectives of the study are; To evaluate the impacts of covid-19 on agriculture farmers in drought affected districts of Andhra Pradesh, to examine the causes for spreading of covid-19 pandemic virus, to examine what are the precautions taken for covid-19 by the government of Andhra Pradesh for to prevent and contain the spread of the virus. This research study uses primary as well as secondary data of research. For data analysis purpose this research study uses SPSS software. Finally, this research study exhibits that how much agri farmers lost by covid-19 pandemic and what are the precautions taken by the government of AP. Along with this, this research study explains what are the precautions to be follow to people during covid-19 pandemic. This research study gives huge scope for further studies.

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