Lockdown Letdown: India's Farmers Left In The Lurch

by Darain Shahidi Apr 25, 2020 • 08:51 PM Views 4178

We thank farmers for the food on our tables, or at least should be doing so. Yet, amid the COVID-19 lockdown and the government's unplanned handling of the situation, crops either lie unharvested or are rotting on farms because there is little or no labour available amid the blockades. Darain Shahidi analyses the situation