Factors Affecting Perception of Farmers during COVID-19 Pandemic in Haryana

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Page: 373-376

Rashmi Tyagi and Jatesh Kathpalia (Department of Sociology, COBS&H, CCS HAU Hisar, Haryana)

During COVID-19 restrictions on movement, quarantine measures, and health concerns led to a shortage of seasonal and migrant workers, disrupting planting and harvesting. Moreover, disruptions in supply and demand resulted in fluctuating commodity prices, making it challenging for farmers to plan and maintain profitability. This paper will further investigate how farmers perceive about covid -19 regarding agricultural activities. The analysis showed that (35.83%) of farmers had having high level of perception, followed by (45.00%) farmers had having medium level of perception and (19.17%) farmers had with low level of perception. Perception of farming families regarding Covid-19, it is clearly shown that 23.33 percent of the farmers highly agreed with the statement that there was disruption in sources for household, followed by other statements, such as practicing agricultural activities were affected was also highly perceived by 52.50 percent of the respondents. Regarding annual income, the farmers who had annual income above 2 lakhs (61.90%) had a high level of perception and were found highly significantly associated at χ2=24.37**.