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http://hdl.handle.net/11718/27804| Title: | Food supply chains and resilience to shocks: evidence from India's COVID-19 lockdown |
| Authors: | Gupta, Nikita Vemireddy, Vidya Shaw, Abhishek |
| Keywords: | COVID-19;Food consumption;farm-to-market disruptions;Agricultural market;Rural food supply |
| Issue Date: | 11-Apr-2023 |
| Publisher: | Wiley Online Library |
| Abstract: | We study the disruption of food supply to households and reduced farm-to-market arrivals in India's food supply chain during the COVID-19 lockdown. We focus on the relationship between logistics quality (and performance) and the intensity of disruptions across India's states. We find four policy-relevant findings: (1) Food consumption expenditure was higher in states with better logistics quality; (2) These states recovered more quickly from farm-to-market disruptions with higher agricultural market arrivals in the later phases of the lockdown; (3) Rural food supply chains turned out to be as vulnerable as urban ones; and (4) Expenditure on cereals and pulses faced large reductions. |
| Description: | We study the disruption of food supply to households and reduced farm-to-market arrivals in India's food supply chain during the COVID-19 lockdown. We focus on the relationship between logistics quality (and performance) and the intensity of disruptions across India's states. We find four policy-relevant findings: (1) Food consumption expenditure was higher in states with better logistics quality; (2) These states recovered more quickly from farm-to-market disruptions with higher agricultural market arrivals in the later phases of the lockdown; (3) Rural food supply chains turned out to be as vulnerable as urban ones; and (4) Expenditure on cereals and pulses faced large reductions. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11718/27804 |
| Appears in Collections: | Journal Articles |
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