COVID-19 Impact : Promoting Agriculture and Rural Economy

Agriculture is the backbone of our country, and 70% of the population of India is living in rural areas. Agriculture is the main driving force for ensuring food and nutrition security, increasing employment in rural areas and sustainable socio-economic development of farmers. Farming and allied activities major contributing to the rural economy, it contributed about 15 percent of the national GDP and the capital is agricultural products for the production of certain sectors. The pandemic situation in the country COVID-19’s socio and economic implications has catapulted agriculture into the mainstream discourse, pandemic impacts directly affecting our farming and food supply and increase unemployment for rural areas. In this situation, our people need food and nutritional security and also employment. Ensuring food and nutrition security and creating employment is a challenge for India, given its huge population. Considering the above facts the researcher has chosen this topic, the main aim of this paper promoting agriculture and rural economy. The information collected from the primary and secondary sources, primary information collected previously year and secondary information collected currently through internet source. Conclusion of these papers, the solution to the current economic downturn and sustainable economic growth should be to increase agricultural production, prioritize agriculture, and convert small-marginal farmers to agro-entrepreneurs, increase agricultural industries in rural areas, trained in the technical aspects of value-added products from agricultural production and give priority to a rural industry. Further, Integrating Indigenous Farming Systems, it is a potential way to food and nutritional security and will create employment opportunities for rural people. The current need to upgrade the export of agricultural products abroad is essential to restructure existing agriculture. Adopting traditional farming methods and integrating livestock farming and fish culture with incorporate modern technologies to increase agricultural production and produce high-quality value-added products to export. Hence, policymakers, scientists, and researchers need to developing farming strategies and policy recommendations in the pandemic period for farming development