Many are faced with the cruel trade-off between defying the lockdown and catching the virus, or remaining at home and seeing their scanty food ...
In big cities, chicken and mutton prices have gone up by 75 per cent. In places like Maharashtra, the sector has taken a US$3 billion blow as messages circulating on social media have spread rumours that COVID-19 can be transmitted through chicken meat.
In a race against time, producers are trying to work through the rice-sowing season amid severe labour shortages. Farmers are stranded, unable to travel to the villages where they would normally be employed for the season. For these workers, the pandemic and the government response have shaken their food production and access to income. People working in the informal sector account for 90 per cent of India’s labour force.
For most, however, the more tangible dilemma was between starving in the city or continuing to be malnourished in their home villages.Indian people know hunger well. Some 196 million people are undernourished, and malnutrition is the top cause of death and disability. It is clear that food security remains a serious challenge.
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